Vietnamization
noun
Vietnamization is a noun meaning “The process of becoming more Vietnamese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-E-T-N-A-M-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Vietnamization is Vietnamizations.
What does Vietnamization mean?
noun
- 1
The process of becoming more Vietnamese.
- 2
Especially, the U.S. government policy of reducing American involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.
- 3
A growth of cynicism, disenchantment or belief in corruption such as the American citizenry experienced over the course of the Vietnam War.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Vietnamization
- Vietnamizations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Vietnamization?
Vietnamization appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Vietnamization come from?
From Vietnam + -ization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).