Japan didn't fully Westernize.
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Westernize
Synonyms for "westernize" (4 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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Related words (2)
Verb(2 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- occidentalitzar verb (make something western)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 西化 verb (make something western)
Finnish
1 entries- länsimaistaa verb (make something western)
French
1 entries- occidentaliser verb (make something western)
German
1 entries- verwestlichen verb (make something western)
Italian
1 entries- occidentalizzare verb (make something western)
Macedonian
2 entries- вестернизи́ра verb (make something western)
- озападува verb (make something western)
Portuguese
1 entries- ocidentalizar verb (make something western)
Romanian
1 entries- occidentaliza verb (make something western)
Spanish
1 entries- occidentalizar verb (make something western)
Turkish
1 entries- batılılaştırmak verb (make something western)
Sample sentences
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Mr. Erdogan will not only see Mr. Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin during his three-day visit. He has also scheduled meetings with French businessmen, the two main political parties and representatives of France's sizable Turkish community. The Turkish leader says he will emphasize how his government has adapted its laws to those of the EU, and explain that the vast majority of Turks see EU membership as a national project to modernize and Westernize their country.
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Users on Chinese social media expressed anger that the Netflix adaptation Westernized aspects of the story, and said the show sought to demonize some of the Chinese characters.
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