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occidentalise

/ˌɒk.sɪˈden.tə.laɪz/

Traduction: Verbe signifiant donner à quelque chose un caractère ou une culture occidentale ; adopter ou imposer des coutumes, idées ou valeurs occidentales.

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verb

/ˌɒk.sɪˈden.tə.laɪz/C2formalobsolète
  • frVerbe signifiant donner à quelque chose un caractère ou une culture occidentale ; adopter ou imposer des coutumes, idées ou valeurs occidentales.

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

  1. Make Western in characterC1formal

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

    frOccidentaliser

    • 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.

    Synonymesamericanizeeuropeanizemodernizewesternize

    Antonymesorientalise

Formes
  • 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