Europeanization

American  

[yoor-uh-pee-uhn-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌyʊər əˌpi ən əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of making or becoming European in form or character.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• de-Europeanization
  noun

Example Sentences

“This kind of sanitization and Europeanization has gone a lot further in Meloni’s case than in Le Pen’s,” Scazzieri said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

But in language and in politics, Ukrainization and Europeanization soon took an upper hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Later Georgian intellectuals pushed back against this, arguing that Russia in fact prevented Georgia’s Europeanization, or that Georgia should identify with the East rather than with Europe.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2017

The pavilion holds a one-room women’s suffrage museum, and offers forums on topics like “Advocacy Means Business: Building Your Organization” and “The Europeanization of the United States.”

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2012

But the ideology and techniques of Europeanization are widely recognized, accepted and put into practice.

From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Nearing, Scott