Bostonization

English

Etymology

Boston +‎ -ization

Noun

Bostonization (uncountable)

  1. The process of Bostonizing.
    • 1992, George E. Marcus, Peter Dobkin Hall, Lives in trust, page 354:
      The "Bostonization" of New York's hitherto anti-institutionalist charities and inheritance laws created the basis for the establishment of the large unregulated endowed institutions — especially foundations — on which the twentieth-century Establishment built its power.
    • 2000, The North Carolina Historical Review, volume 77, number 2, page 259:
      Does Bostonization of the national literary class imply the formation of a national literary center?
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