westernize

English

Alternative forms

westernise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

Verb

westernize (third-person singular simple present westernizes, present participle westernizing, simple past and past participle westernized)

To make something western in character.

Antonyms

easternize

Derived terms

Westernizer

Translations

make something western

Chinese:
Mandarin: 西化 (zh) (xīhuà)
Finnish: länsimaistaa
French: occidentaliser (fr)
German: verwestlichen (de)

Macedonian: озападува (ozapáduva), вестернизира (vesternizíra)
Portuguese: ocidentalizar
Romanian: occidentaliza (ro)
Spanish: occidentalizar (es)

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