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cultural imperialism

Cultural  
  1. The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people.


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Dubbing frequently and unsurprisingly ends up at the centre of debates around the politics of language and cultural imperialism, the imposition of one country's culture onto another country or people.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2021

He opposed what he considered U.S. cultural imperialism and spoke out against the war in Vietnam.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020

Titled after a Lt Col Kilgore quip in Apocalypse Now, there’s an element of the doo-wop era to this sweet song about, well, cultural imperialism.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2020

Mainland China has long been seen as a different market – less Westernized, and perhaps more sensitive to matters of cultural imperialism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2016

They are chary of another period of "shock therapy" and of creeping cultural imperialism.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel

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