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westernize — (Amer.) west·ern·ize || westÉ™(r)naɪz v. adopt western customs or styles, cause to resemble customs or practices of Europe and/or America (also westernise) … English contemporary dictionary
westernize — (also westernise) ► VERB ▪ bring or come under the influence of the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe and North America. DERIVATIVES westernization noun westernizer noun … English terms dictionary
westernize — [wes′tərnīz΄] vt. westernized, westernizing to make Western in character, habits, ideas, etc. westernization n … English World dictionary
westernize — UK [ˈwestə(r)naɪz] / US [ˈwestərˌnaɪz] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms westernize : present tense I/you/we/they westernize he/she/it westernizes present participle westernizing past tense westernized past participle westernized to… … English dictionary
westernize — v.tr. (also Westernize, ise) influence with or convert to the ideas and customs etc. of the West. Derivatives: westernization n. westernizer n … Useful english dictionary
westernize — verb ( ized; izing) Usage: often capitalized Date: 1837 transitive verb to imbue with qualities native to or associated with a western region and especially the noncommunist countries of Europe and America intransitive verb to become westernized… … New Collegiate Dictionary
westernize — westernization, n. /wes teuhr nuyz /, v.t., westernized, westernizing. to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S. Also, esp. Brit., westernise. [1830 40; WESTERN + IZE] * * * … Universalium
westernize — west|ern|ize also westernise BrE [ˈwestənaız US ər ] v [T usually passive] to bring customs, business methods etc that are typical of Europe and the US to other countries ▪ Tunisian culture has been westernized. >westernization… … Dictionary of contemporary English
westernize — west|ern|ize [ westər,naız ] verb intransitive or transitive to change something by introducing American or Western European culture, values, or technology ╾ west|ern|i|za|tion [ ,westərnı zeıʃn ] noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
westernize — or westernise verb bring or come under the influence of the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe and North America. Derivatives westernization noun westernizer noun … English new terms dictionary
