westernization
/wˌɛstɚnɪzˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )"
- "According to anthropology professor Peter Rigby, the Maasai's resistance to Westernization and their reluctance to enter the market system is ethnosuicide."
Etymology
Etymology tree English western Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English westernization From western + -ization.