westernize

English

Alternative forms

• westernise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

western +‎ -ize

Verb

westernize (third-person singular simple present westerniz, present participle ing, simple past and past participle westernized)

1. 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)
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• Macedonian: озападува (ozapaduva), вестернизи́ра (vesternizíra)
• Portuguese: ocidentalizar
• Romanian: occidentaliza (ro)
• Spanish: occidentalizar (es)