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OCCIDENTALIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does occidentalize mean?
• OCCIDENTALIZE (verb)
The verb OCCIDENTALIZE has 1 sense:
1. make western in character
Familiarity information: OCCIDENTALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they occidentalize ... he / she / it occidentalizes
Past simple: occidentalized
Past participle: occidentalized
-ing form: occidentalizing
... he / she / it occidentalizes Past simple: occidentalized
Past participle: occidentalized
-ing form: occidentalizing
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 "occidentalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
orientalize (make oriental in character)
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