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Europeanization

Europeanization is the alternative spelling of Europeanisation.

Meaning of Europeanisation

Noun

Europeanisation (usually uncountable, plural Europeanisations)

  1. (usually) The adoption of typically European behaviours or features by people or institutions.
    • The bourgeoisie was interested in the Europeanization of Russia and the replacement of absolutism by liberal institutions.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
  2. (usually) The process whereby the people and institutions of the countries of the European Union become more European and less national.

Forms of Europeanization

pluralEuropeanizations

Origin of Europeanization

From European + -ization.

Questions about Europeanization

What is Europeanization the alternative spelling of?
Europeanization is the alternative spelling of Europeanisation.

Words near Europeanization in the dictionary

  1. Europeanisms
  2. Europeanist
  3. Europeanistic
  4. Europeanists
  5. Europeanity
  6. Europeanization
  7. Europeanizations
  8. europeanize
  9. europeanized
  10. europeanizes
  11. europeanizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Europeanization (page history and authors); Europeanisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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