WESTERNIZATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does Westernization mean? • WESTERNIZATION (noun)
The noun WESTERNIZATION has 1 sense:
1. assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
Familiarity information: WESTERNIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WESTERNIZATION (noun)
Meaning:
Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
Westernisation; Westernization
Hypernyms ("Westernization" is a kind of...):
absorption; assimilation (the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another)
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