assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
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westernisation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | westernization |
| Type of | absorption, assimilation |
Examples of westernisation
westernisation
The only form of modernisation that worked was westernisation.
From the guardian.co.uk
On the other hand, Egypt was the gate through which modernization and westernisation of Muslims started.
From the themuslimweekly.com
The urge to avoid wholesale westernisation is understandable.
From the economist.com
Globalisation and westernisation help explain this.
From the economist.com
During the same period, Japanese cultural heritage was impacted by the rise of industrialization and westernisation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Modernisation and westernisation continue to inform sensibilities and spawn new literary techniques and genres.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Fed up with colonialism, and the westernisation of Egyptian life, al-Banna saw a need for a group that would promote traditional Islamic values.
From the guardian.co.uk
Both would soon to discover that westernisation and industrialism were expanding and their own ways would not hold up against the new changing world of industrialisation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Modernisation still seemed absolutely imperative, but it did not seem the same as westernisation, or to demand a comprehensive rejection of tradition or an equally complete imitation of the west.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Westernization: assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
- (westernise) occidentalize: make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"
