"dewesternize" meaning in English

See dewesternize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dewesternizes [present, singular, third-person], dewesternizing [participle, present], dewesternized [participle, past], dewesternized [past]
Etymology: From de- + westernize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|westernize}} de- + westernize Head templates: {{en-verb}} dewesternize (third-person singular simple present dewesternizes, present participle dewesternizing, simple past and past participle dewesternized)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To remove Western influence or render less Western. Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: dewesternization Translations (Translations): poistaa länsimainen vaikutus (Finnish), entwestlichen (German), odczyniać westernizacji [imperfective] (Polish), odczynić westernizacji [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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