Westernise - English meaning

verb

Cause (a country, person, or system) to adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of europe and north america.

Usage examples:

The agreement provided for the legal system to be westernized

adjective

Causing a country, person, or system to adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of europe and north america.

Usage examples:

Catherine the great continued peter's westernizing policies

verb

To fill with qualities typical of a western region, esp. western europe and america

Usage examples:

The process of westernization in china is spreading rapidly.

verb

Cause (a country, person, or system) to adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of europe and north america.

Usage examples:

The agreement provided for the legal system to be westernized

adjective

(of a country, person, or system) having adopted or been influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of europe and north america.

Usage examples:

The more westernized parts of the city

adjective

Having a culture like north america and western europe

Usage examples:

As the political emphasis shifts, bulgaria will inevitably become more westernized.

noun

The process of westernizing a person or a country (= causing ideas or ways of life that are common in north america and western europe to be more used and accepted)

Usage examples:

There was an inevitable reaction to rapid westernization., the country had resisted westernization …