See westernization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapadnizácija",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "западниза́ция"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jevropeizácija",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "европеиза́ция"
},
{
"alt": "\"европеизация\" and \"американизация\" are often used together to convey this meaning",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "amerikanizácija",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"tags": [
"Americanization",
"feminine"
],
"word": "американиза́ция"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oksidɛntalizácija",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оксидентализа́ция"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occidentalización"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"word": "batılılaşma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vesternizácija",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вестерніза́ція"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "gherblishish",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
"word": "غەربلىشىش"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"note": "sự Tây phương hoá (sự + 西方化)",
"sense": "assimilation of the western culture"
}
],
"word": "westernization"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Europeanisation vs. jevropeizácija",
"path": [
"westernization"
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "westernization",
"trace": ""
}
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