OCCIDENTALISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they occidentalise ... he / she / it occidentalises

Past simple: occidentalised

Past participle: occidentalised

-ing form: occidentalising

Meaning:

Make western in character

Example:

The country was Westernized after it opened up

Synonyms:

occidentalise; occidentalize; westernise; westernize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "occidentalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

orientalise (make oriental in character)