Westernization
Definitions
The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
Equivalents
11 more languages
Ελληνικάδυτικοποίηση
Italianooccidentalizzazione
Portuguêsocidentalização
TürkçeBatılılaşma
Українськавестернізація
Examples
“I would argue⟳ that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )”
“According to anthropology professor Peter Rigby, the Maasai's resistance to Westernization and their reluctance to enter⟳ the market system is ethnosuicide.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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