"footballification" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: football + -ification Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|football|ification}} football + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} footballification (uncountable)
  1. The act or process of footballifying. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-footballification-en-noun-bPsnBbJw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification

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