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occidentalize

occidentalize verb: to convert or adapt to Western culture.

Verb

occidentalize (third-person singular simple present occidentalizes, present participle occidentalizing, simple past and past participle occidentalized)

  1. (transitive) To convert or adapt to Western culture.
    Synonyms:
    westernize

occidentalize meaning in Tamil

occidentalize in Tamil

மேலையுலகக் கருத்துக்களக்கு இணங்க மாற்று, மேலைப்பழக்கவழக்கங்களுடன் இசைவி

Synonyms of occidentalize

Forms of occidentalize

third-person singular presentoccidentalizes
present participleoccidentalizing
past participleoccidentalized
pastoccidentalized

Origin of occidentalize

From occidental + -ize.

Questions about occidentalize

What does occidentalize mean?
Occidentalize means to convert or adapt to Western culture.
What is occidentalize in Tamil?
Occidentalize in Tamil is மேலையுலகக் கருத்துக்களக்கு இணங்க மாற்று, மேலைப்பழக்கவழக்கங்களுடன் இசைவி. See Occidentalize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is occidentalize?
Occidentalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of occidentalize?
The past tense of occidentalize is occidentalized.

Words near occidentalize in the dictionary

  1. occidentalism
  2. occidentalist
  3. occidentalists
  4. occidentality
  5. occidentalization
  6. occidentalize
  7. occidentalized
  8. occidentalizes
  9. occidentalizing
  10. occidentally
  11. occidentals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: occidentalize (page history and authors); occidentalize (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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