Sentence:  Thereafter, the process of <WSD>'Brazilianisation</WSD>' went ahead, marked by curiously similar phases of autochthonous adaptation and recreation, and each time there was a reaffirmation of that simple gracefulness and delicate sensualism which became eventually the distinctive characteristic of the country's best architecture. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Increased percentage of Brazilian people and/or culture