westernizes
westernizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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
Verb capitalized: Westernizes
Westernizes
- third-person singular simple present indicative of Westernize
Questions about westernizes
- What is westernizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Westernizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of westernize.
- What part of speech is westernizes?
- Westernizes is a verb.
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