Used in a Sentence

californication

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for californication.

Editorial note

Regardless of whatever laws you push, regardless of any cultural loathing you have, Californication is inevitable.

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Quick take

The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of californication gathered in one view.

noun

The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

noun

(US, derogatory, urban studies) The large-scale development of land; urban sprawl.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for californication.

noun

The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

noun

(US, derogatory, urban studies) The large-scale development of land; urban sprawl.

Example sentences

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Regardless of whatever laws you push, regardless of any cultural loathing you have, Californication is inevitable.

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Just look at the Californication of Seattle, Hawaii and Denver.

3

Speaking of the loudness wars, remember when Californication came out?

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All these things add costs to locust electorate and will slow down the californication of the south and midwest as californians continue to flee in droves.

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Maybe you’re all caught up with Californication or whatever it is that gets pushed on cable TV these days, that you fail to distinguish reality from fiction.

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This is about as conducive to building your own brand loyalty as it would be if I grew up listening to Californication by Best Buy.

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A friend, born in the early nineties, recently told me that she watched Californication first and, trying to later watch (the original) X-Files simply couldn't take Duchovny-as-Mulder seriously having been primed by Duchovny-as-Moody.

Quote examples

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Anytime anyone cites "Californication" it's just a clear indicator that they don't live here, and know nothing about the place.

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So the think may not be “AI Californication” alone, but AI Balkanization,...

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And maybe the delayed realization that Hank Moody's story on "Californication" is meant to be a cautionary tale, and not an ideal, shocked me into submission to reality.

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"Whatever the word “pepper” means to you, whether it’s the black powder you put on your eggs, a classic green taco-topping jalapeño, or the red hot chili ones that take you on a Californication..." Does the author think peppercorns are related to capsicum peppers in any way beyond the common name?

Proper noun examples

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Try and listen one of the albums notorious for overcompression, like Red Hot Chili Pepper's Californication.

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That'd be Hank Moody driving an old beaten up Porsche 911 Carrera in Californication.

3

Californication, in a century, may be known as a Mandarin Shift, or Hindufication.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use californication in a sentence?

Regardless of whatever laws you push, regardless of any cultural loathing you have, Californication is inevitable.

What does californication mean?

The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

What part of speech is californication?

californication is commonly used as noun.