westernization

English

Alternative forms

• westernisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

western +‎ -ization

Noun

westernization (countable and uncountable, plural westernizations)

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

Antonyms

• dewesternization

Translations

assimilation of the western culture

• Arabic: تَغْرِيب m (taḡrīb)
• Belarusian: вестэрніза́цыя f (vjesternizácyja), вэстэрніза́цыя f (vesternizácyja)
• Bulgarian: уестърниза́ция f (uestǎrnizácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西方化 (xīfānghuà), 西化 (zh) (xīhuà), 歐美化／欧美化 (Ōu-Měi-huà)

• Czech: westernizace f
• Dutch: verwestersing f, verwesterlijking f
• Finnish: länsimaistuminen, länsimaistaminen
• French: occidentalisation (fr) f
• German: Verwestlichung f
• Greek: δυτικοποίηση (el) f (dytikopoíisi)
• Hebrew: הִתְמַעַרְבוּת f
• Hindi: पश्चिमीकरण m (paścimīkraṇ)
• Italian: occidentalizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 西洋化 (せいようか, seiyōka), 欧米化 (ja) (おうべいか, ōbeika)
• Korean: 서양화(西洋化) (ko) (seoyanghwa), 구미화(歐美化) (gumihwa)
• Macedonian: озападување n (ozapaduvanje), вестернизација f pl (vesternizacija)
• Persian: غرب‌گرایی (fa) (ğarb-garâyi)
• Polish: okcydentalizacja f, westernizacja f
• Portuguese: ocidentalização f
• Russian: вестерниза́ция (ru) (vɛstɛrnizácija) (neologism), западниза́ция (ru) f (zapadnizácija), европеиза́ция (ru) f (jevropeizácija) (Europeanisation), американиза́ция (ru) f (amerikanizácija) (Americanisation) ("европеизация" and "американизация" are often used together to convey this meaning), оксидентализа́ция f (oksidɛntalizácija)
• Spanish: occidentalización f
• Turkish: batılılaşma (tr)
• Ukrainian: вестерніза́ція f (vesternizácija)
• Uyghur: غەربلىشىش (gherblishish)
• Vietnamese: sự Tây phương hoá (sự + 西方化)