cultural imperialism

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

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

As a scholar, Hanna investigated difficult questions about cultural imperialism in art.

From New York Times

Born a year after the revolution in the west-central city of Santa Clara, he reportedly dabbled as a youth in minor unconformities — wearing long hair and following The Beatles in a communist nation tightly aligned with the Soviet Union that then frowned upon them as an instrument of cultural imperialism.

From Seattle Times

The term can be a trigger for people who think that the notion of moral progress is a weapon of Western cultural imperialism, or at least that it has been so tainted by colonialism that there should be a ban on uttering it.

From Salon

When the Disneyland Paris theme park arrived in France almost three decades ago, the guardians of the Gallic way warned of the dangers of American cultural imperialism and a slide toward consumerism.

From Washington Post