westernize
[wes-ter-nahyz]
- to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
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Also especially British, west·ern·ise.
Origin of westernize
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Contemporary Examples
Mandegary, like many hardliners, believes Iranian culture has become too Westernized and distant from true Islamic culture.
Again Jamal is bowled over by his brother's Westernized wisdom.
Many of the Syrians are educated, cosmopolitan, and highly Westernized.
He seemed dismayed Khadr had not become more “Westernized” and fraternized more with his guards.
According to the court filings, Rashid did not know Headley by his westernized name.
Historical Examples
The Westernized Jews, it is true, are more or less tainted with the errors of industrial communities.
Women's Wild OatsC. Gasquoine Hartley
The Westernized New England man was no longer the representative of the section that he left.
The Frontier in American HistoryFrederick Jackson Turner
She had an efficient Westernized army and a small but sound fleet.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindHerbert George Wells
The second half of the nineteenth century was a period of rapid advance in popular education throughout all the Westernized world.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindHerbert George Wells
Others break with their traditional pasts, steep themselves in Westernism, and become more or less genuinely Westernized.
The New World of IslamLothrop Stoddard
westernize
westernise
- (tr) to influence or make familiar with the customs, practices, etc, of the West
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