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From western -ization
westernization (countable and uncountable plural westernizations
The process of assimilation , by a society , of the customs and practices of western culture .
1964 The journal of Asian studies , volume 24 , page 309 :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' ) 2005 The Cybernetics of Kenyan Running: Hurry, Hurry Has No Blessing , page 92 :According to anthropology professor Peter Rigby, the Maasai's resistance to Westernization and their reluctance to enter the market system is ethnosuicide.
assimilation of the western culture
Arabic: تَغْرِيب m ( taḡrīb )
Belarusian: вестэрніза́цыя f ( vjesternizácyja ) , вэстэрніза́цыя f ( vesternizácyja )
Bulgarian: уестърниза́ция f ( uestǎrnizácija )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西方化 ( xīfānghuà ) , 西化 (zh) ( xīhuà ) , 歐美化 / 欧美化 ( Ōu-Měi-huà )
Czech: westernizace f
Dutch: verwestersing f verwesterlijking f
Finnish: länsimaistuminen länsimaistaminen
French: occidentalisation (fr) f
German: Verwestlichung f
Greek: δυτικοποίηση (el) f ( dytikopoíisi )
Hebrew: הִתְמַעַרְבוּת f
Hindi: पश्चिमीकरण m ( paścimīkraṇ )
Italian: occidentalizzazione (it) f
Japanese: 西洋化 ( せいようか, seiyōka ) , 欧米化 (ja) ( おうべいか, ōbeika )
Korean: 서양화(西洋化) (ko) ( seoyanghwa ) , 구미화(歐美化) ( gumihwa )
Macedonian: озападување n ( ozapaduvanje ) , вестернизација f pl ( vesternizacija )
Persian: غربگرایی (fa) ( ğarb-garâyi )
Polish: okcydentalizacja f westernizacja f
Portuguese: ocidentalização f
Russian: вестерниза́ция (ru) ( vɛstɛrnizácija ) ( neologism ) , западниза́ция (ru) f ( zapadnizácija ) , европеиза́ция (ru) f ( jevropeizácija ) ( Europeanisation ) , американиза́ция (ru) f ( amerikanizácija ) ( Americanisation ) ("европеизация" and "американизация" are often used together to convey this meaning ), оксидентализа́ция f ( oksidɛntalizácija )
Spanish: occidentalización f
Turkish: batılılaşma (tr)
Ukrainian: вестерніза́ція f ( vesternizácija )
Uyghur: غەربلىشىش ( gherblishish )
Vietnamese: sự Tây phương hoá 西方化
