westernize

present singular third person westernizes · participle present westernizing · participle past westernized · past westernized · alternative westernise · alternative Westernize

1. intransitivetransitiveTo render something western in character.

   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.

   2024 April 1, David Pierson, “The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   This was Joseph Needham's famous paradox. Why did China, with its ideals of spreading Confucian virtues across the world, fail to “Sinicise” the surrounding world and instead allow itself to be westernised?

   Zheng He and East Africa

   2006 April, Jin Guoping, “Zheng He e a África Oriental [Zheng He and East Africa]”, in Richard Trewinnard, transl., Oriente, →ISSN, page 44

   Synonyms: occidentalize · Antonyms: dewesternize

present singular third person Westernizes · participle present Westernizing · participle past Westernized · past Westernized

1. Alternative letter-case form of westernize.