continentalize
transitive verb
con·ti·nen·tal·ize
ˌkäntᵊnˈentᵊlˌīz,
-təˈne-,
-təˌlīz
-ed/-ing/-s
1
: to make continental in scope, character, culture, or ideas
continentalize American literature as a protest against local color
Carl Van Doren
Carl Van Doren2
sometimes capitalized : to affect with the ways or ideas of European culture
the gradual continentalizing of American habits of recreation Nation
Nation
Word History
Etymology
probably from French continentaliser, from continental (from English) + -iser -ize