"westernize" meaning in English

See westernize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: westernizes [present, singular, third-person], westernizing [participle, present], westernized [participle, past], westernized [past]
Etymology: From western + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|western|ize}} western + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} westernize (third-person singular simple present westernizes, present participle westernizing, simple past and past participle westernized)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To render something western in character. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: westernise (english: non-Oxford British English), Westernize Derived forms: Westernizer Translations (make something western): occidentalitzar (Catalan), 西化 (xīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), länsimaistaa (Finnish), occidentaliser (French), verwestlichen (German), occidentalizzare (Italian), озападува (ozapaduva) (Macedonian), вестернизи́ра (vesternizíra) (Macedonian), ocidentalizar (Portuguese), occidentaliza (Romanian), occidentalizar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "make something western",
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          "sense": "make something western",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "occidentalitzar"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīhuà",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "西化"
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      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "länsimaistaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "occidentaliser"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make something western",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "occidentalizzare"
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      "sense": "make something western",
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vesternizíra",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "вестернизи́ра"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "ocidentalizar"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "occidentaliza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make something western",
      "word": "occidentalizar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "westernize"
}

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