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WESTERNIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Westernization mean? 

WESTERNIZATION (noun)
  The noun WESTERNIZATION has 1 sense:

1. assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilizationplay

  Familiarity information: WESTERNIZATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WESTERNIZATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

Westernisation; Westernization

Hypernyms ("Westernization" is a kind of...):

absorption; assimilation (the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another)


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