westernise
Adopt European customs
Westernise is the British spelling of westernize—to adopt or impose Western cultural practices, values, or institutions.
A country westernises when it embraces European or American economic systems, political structures, or social customs: Japan westernised rapidly during the Meiji era.
The term often carries undertones of cultural imperialism or loss of traditional identity.
Develop manufacturing capacity
- urbanizeMake into city
- developCause gradual growth
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- democratizeExtend rights broadly
liberalize · secularize · privatize · deregulate · progress · transform · adapt · update
Adopting US cultural norms
- EuropeanizationAdopting continental cultural standards
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- anglicizeAdapt to English conventions
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
assimilate · homogenize · Hollywood · pop-culture · jeans · fast-food · Starbucks · Coca-Cola
industrialize
Develop manufacturing capacity
democratize · liberalize · secularize · privatize · deregulate · progress · transform · adapt · update · infrastructure
Americanization
Adopting US cultural norms
- EuropeanizationAdopting continental cultural standards
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- anglicizeAdapt to English conventions
colonize · assimilate · homogenize · Hollywood · pop-culture · jeans · fast-food · Starbucks · Coca-Cola · consumerism
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