Westernization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture. countable, uncountable

    "I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )"

  2. 2
    assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization wordnet

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"In most cases, modernization is identified with Westernization."

Etymology

From western + -ization.

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