Definition of Westernization

adoption of western traditions or ideas, specifically the traditions of any culture that originally came from Europe

Examples of Westernization in a sentence

Westernization traces its roots back to Ancient Greece, where the concepts of arts and democracy first took hold.  🔊

Turkey has undergone the process of westernization and changed many of its economic practices to a European framework.  🔊

Israel seems to be undergoing westernization, with more and more European traditions being taken on by the people.  🔊

Westernization of the tribe meant that the government began to take on a different value system based on western cultures.  🔊

China has avoided westernization and held on to its Eastern cultural practices.  🔊

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