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cultural imperialism

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


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It infused the park with myriad Chinese elements and avoided classic Disney rides to circumvent cries of cultural imperialism.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 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

Her criteria included the following: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2017

Is it American cultural imperialism in sandwich form?

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2016

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

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Samuel Vaknin

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