westernize

English

Alternative forms

• westernise (non-Oxford British English)
• Westernize

Etymology

western +‎ -ize

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To render something western in character.
   • 2024 April 1, David Pierson, “The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Users on Chinese social media expressed anger that the Netflix adaptation Westernized aspects of the story, and said the show sought to demonize some of the Chinese characters.

Antonyms

• dewesternize
• easternize

Derived terms

• Westernizer

Translations

make something western

• Catalan: occidentalitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西化 (zh) (xīhuà)

• Finnish: länsimaistaa
• French: occidentaliser (fr)
• German: verwestlichen (de)
• Italian: occidentalizzare (it)
• Macedonian: озападува (ozapaduva), вестернизи́ра (vesternizíra)
• Portuguese: ocidentalizar
• Romanian: occidentaliza (ro)
• Spanish: occidentalizar (es)