westernization
the process of adopting, or of influencing others to adopt, ideas and practices characteristic of Europe and North America:Once preferred by most women in India, the sari became less popular due to westernization, with young women now preferring other attire such as skirts or pants.
Origin of westernization
1- Also especially British, west·ern·i·sa·tion .
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How to use westernization in a sentence
China’s path to westernization received some early assistance from the US.
China’s path to modernization has, for centuries, gone through my hometown | Yangyang Cheng | June 30, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewDictators are merely misunderstood, and higher living standards are a symptom of pernicious influences like "westernization".
The Lonely Planet Guide to Dictators and Despots | Noah Kristula-Green | August 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTwesternization is the dominant factor in the significant growth of death-wish believers among Muslim women.
China remembered the processes of westernization which she had had to answer with the Boxer Uprising in 1900.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieAnd it is precisely this gambler's interest which westernization has more or less destroyed.
The New World of Islam | Lothrop Stoddard
And there can be no doubt that such westernization was thereby greatly furthered.
The New World of Islam | Lothrop StoddardThe good and the evil of westernization are alike mostly clearly evident among the ranks of the educated élites.
The New World of Islam | Lothrop StoddardOnce in control of an Oriental country, the European rulers were bound to favour its westernization for a variety of reasons.
The New World of Islam | Lothrop Stoddard
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