westernized
westernized is the simple past and past participle of westernize.
Meaning of westernize
Verb
westernize (third-person singular simple present westernizes, present participle westernizing, simple past and past participle westernized)
- To render something western in character.
- 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?2006 April, Jin Guoping, “Zheng He e a África Oriental [Zheng He and East Africa]”, in Richard Trewinnard, transl., Oriente, →ISSN, page 44
- Synonyms:
- occidentalize
- Antonyms:
- dewesternize
Adjective
westernized (comparative more westernized, superlative most westernized)
- Having been made culturally Western.
Verb capitalized: Westernized
Westernized
- simple past and past participle of Westernize
Forms of westernized
| comparative | more westernized |
|---|---|
| superlative | most westernized |
Questions about westernized
- What does westernized mean?
- Westernized means having been made culturally Western.
- What is westernized the simple past and past participle of?
- Westernized is the simple past and past participle of westernize.
- What part of speech is westernized?
- Westernized can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near westernized in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: westernized (page history and authors); Westernized (page history and authors); westernize (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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