westernize
Shift toward occidental culture
To westernize is to adopt or impose Western culture, values, or practices—particularly those of Europe and North America.
Countries westernize through industrialization, democratic reforms, or cultural shifts: Japan westernized rapidly after the Meiji Restoration.
The term often carries ambivalence, suggesting both modernization and loss of traditional identity.
Also spelled westernise in British English.
Rule by the people
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
free-market · neoliberalism · privatization · NATO · constitutionalism · pluralism · civil-liberties · parliamentary
Adopting US cultural norms
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
colonialism · missionaries · romanization · latinization · hybridization · syncretism · homogenization · decolonization
Transition to factory-based economy
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
globalization · privatization · corporatization · entrepreneurship · branding · advertising · mass-production · outsourcing
Population shift toward cities
- automationSelf-operating system design
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- reformImprove by correcting faults
innovation · infrastructure · education · literacy · medicine · sanitation · electrification · telecommunications
democracy
Rule by the people
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
individualism · free-market · neoliberalism · privatization · NATO · constitutionalism · pluralism · civil-liberties · parliamentary · republicanism
Americanization
Adopting US cultural norms
- anglicizationAdapting to English conventions
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
McDonaldization · colonialism · missionaries · romanization · latinization · hybridization · syncretism · homogenization · decolonization · nativism
industrialization
Transition to factory-based economy
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- commercializationProfit-driven market introduction
- franchiseLicensed business operation
multinational · globalization · privatization · corporatization · entrepreneurship · branding · advertising · mass-production · outsourcing · supply-chain
urbanization
Population shift toward cities
- automationSelf-operating system design
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- efficiencyProductive without waste
reform · innovation · infrastructure · education · literacy · medicine · sanitation · electrification · telecommunications · transportation
- innovateinnovate, modernize, revolutionize, transform, overhaul
- Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure
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