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OCCIDENTALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does occidentalise mean?
• OCCIDENTALISE (verb)
The verb OCCIDENTALISE has 1 sense:
1. make western in character
Familiarity information: OCCIDENTALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they occidentalise ... he / she / it occidentalises
Past simple: occidentalised
Past participle: occidentalised
-ing form: occidentalising
... he / she / it occidentalises Past simple: occidentalised
Past participle: occidentalised
-ing form: occidentalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make western in character
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
occidentalise; occidentalize; westernise; westernize
Context example:
The country was Westernized after it opened up
Hypernyms (to "occidentalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
orientalise (make oriental in character)
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