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westernise

VERB
  1. make western in character
    The country was Westernized after it opened up

How To Use westernise In A Sentence

  • These groups usually are less westernized than the upper class and more oriented to Turkish culture.
  • Chindonya troupes date back to the end of the nineteenth century, when the Japanese way of life was rapidly becoming industrialized and westernized, and manufacturers decided it was essential to advertise new products.
  • It provided an idiom for those non-Westernized people who take their Islam seriously, as against the technocrat Mamlukes who govern them in virtue of their access to Western technology.
  • The key to Afghanistan's future thus lies not in forging an unholy alliance after breaking the back of the Taliban, but rather in first smashing asunder devastating assumptions beginning with the misconception that Afghans would ever choose to live under a regime of corrupt Westernized bureaucrats and religiously psychotic warlords who espouse belief systems anathema to thousands of years of Afghan tribal sensibilities. Michael Hughes: Saving Afghanistan Requires Smashing Dangerous Delusions
  • It retains its own culture, for good or for worse, setting it apart from the glossy westernized cultures of Mumbai or Delhi and some other big cities.
  • As power has shifted from the tribes to more affluent, Westernized and urban Jordanians of Palestinian descent, some analysts worry the unruliness is a sign of widening discontent with the country's establishment. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • More - over, the Greek fragments of the Magusean works ascribed to Zoroaster, Ostanes, and others, though probably composed outside of Iran in Asia Minor and therefore reflecting a westernized version of Zoroastri - anism, demonstrate a knowledge of some of the tech - niques of late Babylonian genethlialogy. ASTROLOGY
  • They also have had an impact on activists in the Third World, especially when they have tried to define the proper role for progressive, often Westernized intellectuals in the movements against colonialism and neocolonialism.
  • The morning event is traditional and the evening event more westernised and far more familiar.
  • ~ Practicing Tai Chi Boosts Immune System in Older Adults -- "Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, blistery rash known as shingles, according to a new UCLA study. Speedlinking 3/23/07
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