WESTERNIZATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Westernisation; Westernization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

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