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OCCIDENTALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does occidentalise mean? 

OCCIDENTALISE (verb)
  The verb OCCIDENTALISE has 1 sense:

1. make western in characterplay

  Familiarity information: OCCIDENTALISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OCCIDENTALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they occidentalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it occidentalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: occidentalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: occidentalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: occidentalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make western in character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

occidentalise; occidentalize; westernise; westernize

Context example:

The country was Westernized after it opened up

Hypernyms (to "occidentalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

orientalise (make oriental in character)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
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