westernize
/wˈɛstɚnˌaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative letter-case form of westernize.
Example Sentences
- "This was Joseph Needham's famous paradox. Why did China, with its ideals of spreading Confucian virtues across the world, fail to “Sinicise” the surrounding world and instead allow itself to be westernised?"
- "Users on Chinese social media expressed anger that the Netflix adaptation Westernized aspects of the story, and said the show sought to demonize some of the Chinese characters."
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 English westernize From western + -ize.