To make something Filipino in character or culture, or to place it under Filipino control and ownership.
From 'Filipina/Filipino' plus '-ize' (meaning 'to make or become'), creating an action verb describing cultural and administrative transformation.
The verb form shows how nations actively reshape their identity—the Philippines 'filipinized' everything from the military to education systems as part of nation-building after independence.
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