Canadianized

Became more Canuck

Canadianized describes something that has been adapted to Canadian culture, spelling, or standards.

American textbooks get Canadianized when *colour* replaces *color* and references shift from Washington to Ottawa.

A person who has Canadianized has adopted Canadian ways: After a decade in Toronto, he was thoroughly Canadianized.

culture

poutine

Gravy-soaked fries with curds

  • hockeyStick-and-goal sport
  • mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
  • toqueBrimless fitted headwear

loonie · Mounties · double-double · toboggan · curling · tuque · Canuck · snowshoeing · eh · Thanksgiving

spelling

colour

Visual wavelength property

  • centreEquidistant from all sides
  • favourHelpful act freely given
  • honourEthical standing and dignity

neighbour · labour · defence · theatre · metre · litre · grey · cheque · catalogue · licence

immigration

citizenship

Status as state member

refugee · integration

Opposites
national cultural assimilation

CanadianizedAmericanized

Culturally adapted to US

Europeanized · Mexicanized · Germanized · Australianized · Hispanicized

cultural preservation vs. assimilation

Canadianizedunassimilated

Not absorbed into surroundings

native · indigenous · original · traditional · unchanged

direction of cultural change

Canadianizeddelocalized

Spread over an area

denationalized · internationalized · globalized · homogenized · standardized

Family

Canada, Canadian, Canadians

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G