westernises
Adopts European ways
Westernises is the British spelling of westernizes—to make something more like Western (especially European and North American) culture, values, or practices.
Countries westernise their economies, institutions, or customs: The reforms westernised the legal system.
The process often implies modernization, though critics see it as cultural imperialism.
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- uniformityState of being identical
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
Adopting another group's customs
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- integrationCombining into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
conformity · enculturation · socialization · appropriation · syncretism
Transition to factory-based economy
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
privatization · reform · progressivism · consumerism · individualism · rationalism · constitutionalism · infrastructure
standardization
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- uniformityState of being identical
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
acculturation
Adopting another group's customs
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- integrationCombining into a whole
naturalization · conformity · enculturation · socialization · appropriation · syncretism
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
democratization · privatization · reform · progressivism · consumerism · individualism · rationalism · constitutionalism · infrastructure · development