Europeanize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to make European in culture, dress, etc
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to integrate (a country, economy, etc) into the European Union
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Sub-Saharan history is tougher to Europeanize without featuring the colonial perspective, relegating the Black Africans who have existed there for generations to background roles.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023
Ali and Nino ends elegiacally, lamenting the dying beauty of Eastern tradition and predicting that Baku would inexorably Europeanize.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2017
But Mr. Paes insisted that the Pereira Passos era was different because it largely involved attempts to Europeanize coveted areas of Rio.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2014
We’ve had this problem with a split identity for centuries, ever since Peter the Great tried to Europeanize the country.
From Newsweek • Jun. 11, 2012
Mrs. Burton strove to make Eve ornamental so that she might acquire millions; Mrs. Williams strove to Anglicize and Europeanize her son so that he might ornament those which were already his.
From The Spread Eagle and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
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