chickenize

chickenize means to make chicken-like or suitable for chickens.

Etymology

From chicken + -ize. In the business sense popularized by American journalist Christopher Leonard (author) in the context of the US poultry industry, where just a few companies control almost all aspects of chicken production, such as feed, medicines, and chicken houses. This model was later followed by other industries (they chickenized).

verb

To make chicken-like or suitable for chickens.
To make (an industry or field of commerce) into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.e.g.“To compete with the chicken industry, hog and cattle producers could follow the model that Moeller was slowly building for pig farms. They could chickenize.” — 2014, Christopher Leonard, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 152:

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Words closest in meaning

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chickenization 76% match — The process of chickenizing, making into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry. vs chickenize →
chickenish 69% match — Characteristic of a chicken; chickenlike vs chickenize →
chickeny 66% match — Resembling a chicken or its meat. vs chickenize →
chickenlike 65% match — Similar to a chicken or an aspect of a chicken vs chickenize →
chookish 64% match — Chickenlike. vs chickenize →
caponize 62% match — To castrate (a cockerel) in order to fatten it for table use. vs chickenize →
chickenhood 61% match — The state or period of being a chicken. vs chickenize →
chickenman 61% match — A man with some characteristics of a chicken. vs chickenize →