Vietnamization

[vee-et-nuh-muh-zey-shuhn, vyet-, vee-it-]

Vi·et·nam·i·za·tion

[vee-et-nuh-muh-zey-shuhn, vyet-, vee-it-]
noun
a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.

Origin:
1965–70; Vietnam + -ization
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To Vietnamization

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Vietnamization has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
Collins
World English Dictionary
Vietnamization or Vietnamisation (ˌvjɛtnəmaɪˈzeɪʃən)
 
n
(in the Vietnam War) a US government policy of transferring the tasks of fighting and directing the war to the government and forces of South Vietnam
 
Vietnamisation or Vietnamisation
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT