Italianization
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Italianization is a term used to describe a process of cultural assimilation in which people or lands ethnically non- or partially-Italian become Italian. The process can be voluntary or forced. It refers to the language when foreign words are adapted to Italian. In the context of twentieth-century history, the fascist Italianization is the process by which, between 1924 and 1945, the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini forced foreign populations living in Italy to assume Italian culture and language (see Fascist italianization).
