westernized
Adopted Western ways
Westernized describes something that has adopted Western—particularly European or American—cultural practices, values, or styles.
The term often appears in discussions of globalization and cultural change: a westernized diet, westernized attitudes toward marriage.
It can carry neutral, positive, or critical connotations depending on context and speaker.
Also spelled westernised in British English.
Having established manufacturing economies
- developedGrew or advanced
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- democraticGovernment by the people
- technologicalOf machines and systems
digitized · privatized · urbanized · standardized · corporatized · commercialized · globalized · progressive
Culturally adapted to US
- anglicizedMade to seem English
- EuropeanizedMade culturally Western
- assimilatedAbsorbed into a whole
- acculturatedAdapted to new culture
adapted · integrated · cosmopolitan · modernized · secularized · liberalized · urbanized · mainstreamed
American film industry center
- pop-cultureWidely shared entertainment trends
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
- rock-n-rollAmplified popular music genre
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
hip-hop · English-speaking · McDonald's · Starbucks · Coca-Cola · Disney · Netflix · consumerism
Domination through foreign settlement
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- exploitationSelfish use of others
hegemony · ethnocentrism · orientalism · exoticism · appropriation · neocolonialism · dependency · alienation
industrialized
Having established manufacturing economies
- developedGrew or advanced
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- democraticGovernment by the people
technological · digitized · privatized · urbanized · standardized · corporatized · commercialized · globalized · progressive · contemporary
Americanized
Culturally adapted to US
- anglicizedMade to seem English
- EuropeanizedMade culturally Western
- assimilatedAbsorbed into a whole
acculturated · adapted · integrated · cosmopolitan · modernized · secularized · liberalized · urbanized · mainstreamed · homogenized
Hollywood
American film industry center
- pop-cultureWidely shared entertainment trends
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
- rock-n-rollAmplified popular music genre
jazz · hip-hop · English-speaking · McDonald's · Starbucks · Coca-Cola · Disney · Netflix · consumerism · individualism
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
exploitation · hegemony · ethnocentrism · orientalism · exoticism · appropriation · neocolonialism · dependency · alienation · deracination
westernizedtraditional
Following long-held customs
indigenous · unwesternized · native · non-Western · Africanized
westernizedtraditional
Following long-held customs
premodern · undeveloped · unindustrialized · agrarian · feudal
westernizedtraditional
Following long-held customs
undeveloped · premodern · primitive · rural · isolated