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Cocacolonizationnoun
globalization or cultural colonization likened to westernization or Americanization consisting of the importing of western or American goods or cultural values to the detriment of local goods or values
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Cocacolonization
Cocacolonization is a term that refers to globalization or cultural colonization. It is a portmanteau of the name of the multinational soft drink maker Coca-Cola and the word colonization. The term is used to imply either the importation of Western goods or an infusion of Western and especially American cultural values that competes with the local culture. While it is possible to use the term benignly, it has been used pejoratively to liken globalization to Westernization or Americanization. For example, according to linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann, "with globalisation, homogenisation and coca-colonization, there will be more and more groups added to the forlorn club of the lost-heritage peoples." The term has been used at least since 1949; one of the first documented uses is in the warnings in French communist press of that era. Time magazine used it in their 1961 review of Wilder's One, Two, Three, calling the film a "yell-mell, hard-sell, Sennett-with-a-sound-track satire of iron curtains and color lines, of people's demockeracy, Coca-Colonization, peaceful nonexistence, and the Deep Southern concept that all facilities are created separate but equal."
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cocacolonization in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cocacolonization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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