Australianize

Give Down-Under character

Australianize means to make something Australian in character, form, or style, or to adapt it for Australian conditions or audiences.

This applies to cultural products, institutions, language, or practices: The publisher Australianized the spelling throughout the textbook.

Someone who moves to Australia might Australianize by adopting local customs, slang, or attitudes.

The British spelling Australianise is also used.

culture

mate

Partner or companion

footy · barbecue · boomerang · emu · pavlova · larrikin · mateship · didgeridoo · billabong · bushwalking

localization

slang

Informal in-group vocabulary

dialect · idiom · lingo · anglicize · localise · adaptation · regionalize · culturalization · translation · phraseology

Opposites
cultural/national adaptation

AustralianizeAmericanize

Adapt to US culture

Europeanize · Indianize · Africanize · Latinize · Germanize

preservation vs. transformation

Australianizepreserve

Protect from loss

purify

cultural process direction

Australianizedenationalize

Transfer from government ownership

exoticize · alienate · estrange

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G