westernize
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westernize¹
verb westernizes · westernizing · westernized · westernise · Westernize
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To render something western in character.
This was Joseph Needham's famous paradox. Why did China, with its ideals of spreading Confucian virtues across the world, fail to “Sinicise” the surrounding world and instead allow itself to be westernised?
Similar: occidentalize · Opposite: dewesternize
Westernize²
verb Westernizes · Westernizing · Westernized
- Alternative letter-case form of westernize
Translations
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verb make something western
| Español | occidentalizar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 西化 xīhuà |
| Português | ocidentalizar |
| Français | occidentaliser |
| Deutsch | verwestlichen |
| Italiano | occidentalizzare |
| Română | occidentaliza |
Talk about this word "westernize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/westernize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. westernize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/westernize "westernize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/westernize.Cite this
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