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Europeanization

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

noun

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


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“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 kraton of the Susuhunan is far better kept than that of his fellow ruler at Djokjakarta, and shows more evidences of Europeanization.

From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

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