Bostonization

English

Etymology

From 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?