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Meaning of Westernization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.

countable, uncountable

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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.
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