"westernization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: westernizations [plural]
Etymology: western + -ization Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|western|ization}} western + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} westernization (countable and uncountable, plural westernizations)
  1. The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture. Wikipedia link: westernization Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: westernisation (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Translations (assimilation of the western culture): تَغْرِيب (taḡrīb) [masculine] (Arabic), вестэрніза́цыя (vjesternizácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), вэстэрніза́цыя (vesternizácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), уестърниза́ция (uestǎrnizácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 西方化 (xīfānghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 西化 (xīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 歐美化 (Chinese Mandarin), 欧美化 (Ōu-Měi-huà) (Chinese Mandarin), westernizace [feminine] (Czech), verwestersing [feminine] (Dutch), verwesterlijking [feminine] (Dutch), länsimaistuminen (Finnish), länsimaistaminen (Finnish), occidentalisation [feminine] (French), Verwestlichung [feminine] (German), δυτικοποίηση (dytikopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), הִתְמַעַרְבוּת [feminine] (Hebrew), पश्चिमीकरण (paścimīkraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), occidentalizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 西洋化 (seiyōka) (alt: せいようか) (Japanese), 欧米化 (ōbeika) (alt: おうべいか) (Japanese), 서양화 (seoyanghwa) (alt: 西洋化) (Korean), 구미화 (gumihwa) (alt: 歐美化) (Korean), озападување (ozapaduvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), вестернизација (vesternizacija) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), غربگرایی (ğarb-garâyi) (Persian), okcydentalizacja [feminine] (Polish), westernizacja [feminine] (Polish), ocidentalização [feminine] (Portuguese), вестерниза́ция (vɛstɛrnizácija) [neologism] (Russian), западниза́ция (zapadnizácija) [feminine] (Russian), европеиза́ция (jevropeizácija) [feminine] (Russian), американиза́ция (amerikanizácija) (alt: "европеизация" and "американизация" are often used together to convey this meaning) [Americanization, feminine] (Russian), оксидентализа́ция (oksidɛntalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), occidentalización [feminine] (Spanish), batılılaşma (Turkish), вестерніза́ція (vesternizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), غەربلىشىش (gherblishish) (Uyghur)

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          "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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          "roman": "ğarb-garâyi",
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          "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vɛstɛrnizácija",
          "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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          "word": "вестерниза́ция"
        },
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "note": "sự Tây phương hoá (sự + 西方化)",
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seiyōka",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "word": "西洋化"
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      "alt": "おうべいか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōbeika",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "word": "欧米化"
    },
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      "alt": "西洋化",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seoyanghwa",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "word": "서양화"
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      "alt": "歐美化",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gumihwa",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "word": "구미화"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ozapaduvanje",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "озападување"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vesternizacija",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "вестернизација"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğarb-garâyi",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "word": "غربگرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "okcydentalizacja"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ocidentalização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vɛstɛrnizácija",
      "sense": "assimilation of the western culture",
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ],
      "word": "вестерниза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "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"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Europeanisation vs. jevropeizácija",
  "path": [
    "westernization"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "westernization",
  "trace": ""
}

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