occidentalize (v)
occidentalise (v)
westernize (v)
westernise (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def make western in character
examples The country was Westernized after it opened up
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym change, alter, modify
Derivationally related form westernize → western
Antonym occidentalise → orientalise
Antonym occidentalize → orientalize
Incoming links
Derivationally related form western → westernize
Hyponym change, alter, modify
Antonym orientalise → occidentalise
Antonym orientalize → occidentalize

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