HyperDic: westernize

English > 1 sense of the word westernize:
VERBchangewesternize, occidentalize, occidentalise, westernisemake western in character
westernize > pronunciation
Soundsweh'sternay.z
Rhymesactualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...
English > westernize: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningmake western in character.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Example"The country was Westernized after it opened up"
Synonymsoccidentalize, occidentalise, westernise
Broaderchange, alter, modifyCause to change
Oppositeorientalize, orientalisemake oriental in character
Spanishoccidentalizar
Catalanoccidentalitzar
Adjectiveswesternrelating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

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