westernization

[ wes-ter-nahy-zey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the process of adopting, or of influencing others to adopt, ideas and practices characteristic of Europe and North America:

   Once preferred by most women in India, the sari became less popular due to westernization, with young women now preferring other attire such as skirts or pants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of westernization¹

westerniz(e) ( def ) + -ation ( def )

Example Sentences

China’s path to westernization received some early assistance from the US.

From MIT Technology Review

Dictators are merely misunderstood, and higher living standards are a symptom of pernicious influences like "westernization".

From The Daily Beast

Westernization is the dominant factor in the significant growth of death-wish believers among Muslim women.

From The Daily Beast

China remembered the processes of westernization which she had had to answer with the Boxer Uprising in 1900.

From Project Gutenberg

And it is precisely this gambler's interest which Westernization has more or less destroyed.

From Project Gutenberg

And there can be no doubt that such Westernization was thereby greatly furthered.

From Project Gutenberg

The good and the evil of Westernization are alike mostly clearly evident among the ranks of the educated élites.

From Project Gutenberg

Once in control of an Oriental country, the European rulers were bound to favour its Westernization for a variety of reasons.

From Project Gutenberg