occidentalise

A verb meaning to make something Western in character or culture; to adopt or impose Western customs, ideas, or values.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, etwas westlich zu prägen oder westliche Kultur, Gebräuche, Ideen oder Werte zu übernehmen bzw. aufzuzwingen.

1. Make Western in character C1 formal

   To cause a society, culture, or institution to adopt Western characteristics, values, or practices.

   • The country's rapid economic growth led to a tendency to occidentalise its traditional customs.
   • Some critics argue that globalisation tends to occidentalise local cultures.
   • The government's policies were designed to occidentalise the education system.

   🇩🇪verwestlichen

   Synonyme: americanizeeuropeanizemodernizewesternize

   Antonyme: orientalise

• occidentalised past participle
• occidentalized past participle
• occidentalised past simple
• occidentalized past simple
• occidentalising present participle
• occidentalizing present participle
• occidentalises third person singular
• occidentalizes third person singular