westernizeverb [ T ]
UK usually westernise uk/ˈwes.tən.aɪz/us/ˈwes.tɚ.naɪz/to cause the ideas and ways of doing things that are common in North America and most of Europe to be used and accepted by someone or something in or from another part of the world
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westernization
noun [ U ] UK also westernisation uk/ˌwes.tən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌwes.tɚ.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/