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Verb: westernize  'wes-tu(r),nIz
  1. Make western in character
    "The country was Westernized after it opened up";
    - occidentalize, occidentalise [Brit], westernise [Brit]

Derived forms: westernized, westernizing, westernizes

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: orientalise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Westernize

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