Zaireanization
English
Alternative forms
Zairianization
,
Zairization
,
Zairianisation
,
Zairisation
Zaireanisation
Etymology
From
Zairean
+
-ization
.
Noun
Zaireanization
(
uncountable
)
A
political
process
in
Zaire
in the 1960s and 1970s, aiming to rid the country of the influences of
colonialism
and
Western
culture
by renaming cities, banning Western clothing, etc.