westernize

• Verbe décrivant le processus d'adoption ou d'imposition de caractéristiques culturelles, économiques ou politiques occidentales.

A verb used to describe the process of adopting or imposing Western cultural, economic, or political characteristics.

1. Adopt Western characteristicsB2formal

   To make something or someone adopt the cultural, economic, or political characteristics of Western societies, especially Europe or North America.

   occidentaliser

   • The country began to westernize its legal system after the trade agreement.
   • Many traditional societies resist efforts to westernize their customs.
   • The city's architecture was heavily westernized during the colonial period.

   Synonymesamericanizeeuropeanizeoccidentalize