Meanings
verbIndianize (third-person singular simple present Indianizes, present participle Indianizing, simple past and past participle Indianized)
present singular third person Indianizes · participle present Indianizing · participle past Indianized · past Indianized
- transitiveTo make Indian.
Even an intellectually lively society such as India has generally failed to Indianize the social sciences.
2006, Syed Farid Alatas, Alternative discourses in Asian social science: responses to Eurocentrism
Origin
Translations
Esperanto baratigi
- baratigito make Indian
Finnish intialaistaa
- intialaistaato make Indian
French indianiser
- indianiserto make Indian
Portuguese indianizar
- indianizarto make Indian
Vietnamese Ấn hóa, Ấn Độ hóa
- Ấn hóato make Indian
- Ấn Độ hóato make Indian
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APA
Indianize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indianize
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“Indianize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indianize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indianize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indianize.
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