| VERB | change | westernize, occidentalize, occidentalise, westernise | make western in character |
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| Sounds | weh'sternay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 259 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make western in character. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The country was Westernized after it opened up" | |
| Synonyms | occidentalize, occidentalise, westernise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | orientalize, orientalise | make oriental in character |
| Adjectives | western | relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts |