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Westernizing

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occidentalizeverb(transitive) To convert or adapt to Western culture.
westernizationnounThe process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
westernised
western cultureWestern culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, Western society, or simply the West, refers to the internally diverse culture of the Western world.
westernismnounSomething that is characteristic of the western part of a region.
westernnoun(film) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.
americanizationnounAlternative spelling of Americanisation. [(British spelling) The process of Americanising.]
americanisationnoun(British spelling) The process of Americanising.
modernizationnounThe process of modernizing.
civilizingnounSomeone or something that civilizes.
westernernounA native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and the Americas. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
liberalizationnoun(economics) the lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entitiesᵂᵖ
civilisingnoun
europeanizationnounAlternative spelling of Europeanisation. [The process whereby the people and institutions of the countries of the European Union become more European and less national.]
modernisationnoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernization. [The process of modernizing.]
liberalizing
europeanizeverbTo make something, or someone, more European.
liberalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalization. [The process or act of making more liberal.]
americanizeverb(US, Canada) To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
americanizednounHaving been made American or into an American style.

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