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westernisation

westernisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of westernization.

Meaning of westernization

Noun

westernization (countable and uncountable, plural westernizations)

  1. The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
    • 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' )1964, The journal of Asian studies, volume 24, page 309

Forms of westernisation

pluralwesternisations

Origin of westernisation

From westernise + -ation.

Questions about westernisation

What is westernisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Westernisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of westernization.

Words near westernisation in the dictionary

  1. western yellow wagtails
  2. Western-Asian
  3. Western-style toilets
  4. westerner
  5. westerners
  6. westernisation
  7. westernisations
  8. westernise
  9. westernised
  10. westerniser
  11. westernisers

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