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Verb: occidentalise  ,ók-si'den-tu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: occidentalize)
  1. Make western in character
    "The country was occidentalised after it opened up";
    - occidentalize, westernize, westernise [Brit]

Derived forms: occidentalises, occidentalised, occidentalising

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: orientalise [Brit]

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