Americanize
Adapt to USA
To Americanize is to make something more like the United States in character, culture, or style.
Immigrants Americanize by adopting American customs and speech.
Foreign products, films, or ideas get Americanized when adapted for American audiences or tastes: The British show was Americanized for U.S. television.
The word can be neutral or carry connotations of cultural homogenization.
Legal path to belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- integrationCombining into a whole
immigration · patriotism · allegiance · English-language · mainstreaming · diversity · pluralism · multiculturalism
Fitting to new conditions
- customizationModification to individual preference
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- conversionAct of changing states
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
colloquialisms · idiomatic · domestication · tailoring · regionalization · standardization · translating · spelling
naturalization
Legal path to belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
integration · immigration · patriotism · allegiance · English-language · mainstreaming · diversity · pluralism · multiculturalism · emigration
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- customizationModification to individual preference
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- conversionAct of changing states
vernacular · colloquialisms · idiomatic · domestication · tailoring · regionalization · standardization · translating · spelling · flavor
Americanizede-Americanize
Remove U.S. cultural elements
Europeanize · Russify · Germanize · Indianize · Hispanicize
Americanized, Americanizing, Americanization, Americanised, Americanising, Americanisation, Americanism, Americanisms