Slovakization

Slovakization is a form of cultural assimilation process during which non-Slovak nationals give up their culture and language in favor of the Slovak one. This process relies most heavily on intimidation and harassment by state authorities. In the past the process has been greatly aided by deprivation of collective rights for minorities and ethnic cleansing, but in the last decades its promotion has been limited to the adoption of anti-minority policies and anti-minority hate speech.

The process itself is limited mostly to Slovakia, where Slovaks constitute the absolute majority by means of population and legislation power as well. Slovakization is most often used in relation to Hungarians, who constitute the most prominent minority of Slovakia, but it also affects Germans, Ukrainians, Rusyns (Ruthenians), Poles, and Jews.