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Definition of "westernize" [westernize]

  • To convert to the customs of Western civilization. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "westernize" in a sentence
  • "Da Gama and Albuquerque began a movement, which still continues, to "westernize" Asia by opening it up to"
  • "• Worked numerous jobs to learn skills • Sought to "westernize" Russia"
  • "Are you in anyway familiar with the argument of we need not westernize this or that, we need to know we are Africans."