Sinicization, Sinicisation or Sinification, is the linguistic assimilation or cultural assimilation of terms and concepts into the language and culture of China.In linguistics, the term is used narrowly to refer to transliteration, and in this regard "Sinicization" is parallel to Romanization. In more general contexts, Sinicization refers to the process of "becoming Chinese" or "not Chinese" (desinicization). The term has been used in social science primarily to describe the assimilation of non-… (More on Sinification)