westernization

English

Alternative forms

• westernisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

western +‎ -ization

Noun

westernization (countable and uncountable, plural westernizations)

1. The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.

Translations

assimilation of the western culture

• Arabic: تَغْرِيب (taḡrīb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西化 (zh) (xīhuà), 西方化 (xīfānghuà), 歐美化／欧美化, 欧美化 (Ōu-Měi-huà)

• Dutch: verwestersing, verwesterlijking
• Finnish: länsimaistuminen, länsimaistaminen
• French: occidentalisation (fr) f
• German: Verwestlichung f
• Hebrew: התמערבות
• Italian: occidentalizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 欧米化 (ja) (ōbeika), 西洋化 (seiyōka)
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• Korean: 서양화 (ko) (seoyanghwa)
• Macedonian: озападување n (ozapaduvanje), вестернизација f pl (vesternizacija)
• Polish: okcydentalizacja f
• Portuguese: ocidentalização f
• Russian: вестерниза́ция (ru) (vɛstɛrnizácija) (neologism), европеиза́ция (ru) f (jevropeizácija) (Europeanisation), американиза́ция (ru) f (amerikanizácija) (Americanisation) ("европеизация" and "американизация" are often used together to convey this meaning), оксидентализа́ция f (oksidɛntalizácija)
• Spanish: occidentalización f
• Ukrainian: вестерніза́ція f (vesternizácija)
• Uyghur: غەربلىشىش (gherblishish)
• Vietnamese: sự Tây phương hoá (sự + 西方化)