"princessification" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: princess + -ification Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|princess|ification}} princess + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} princessification (uncountable)
  1. (informal) The process of making or becoming girly or hyperfeminine. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-princessification-en-noun-B73y~hoK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification

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          "ref": "2011 March 12, Emma Jane, “Princessification of girlhood gives this mum a pink fit”, in The Australian",
          "text": "But while I'm not convinced that pinkification and princessification is the same as sexualisation and pornification, I do think the stereotyped rhetoric accompanying the pink-quake is A Real Worry.",
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          "ref": "2012 June 24, Clare Heal, “Milne’s music strikes right note”, in Daily Express",
          "text": "There are two reasons my feelings towards Disney are slightly frosty. First, I cannot stand the princessification (no, it’s not a word but it should be) of girls’ childhoods that has happened over the past couple of decades, something for which it is largely responsible.",
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          "ref": "2013, \"Glosswitch\", \"Don't be too quick to knock sugar-pink, prince-free, Disney-style princessification\", New Statesman, 29 July 2013",
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