OCCIDENTALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they occidentalize ... he / she / it occidentalizes

Past simple: occidentalized

Past participle: occidentalized

-ing form: occidentalizing

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 "occidentalize" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

orientalize (make oriental in character)