Westernized
adjective
Changed or influenced by the culture, ideas or technology of Western Europe and North America.
Many aspects of their traditional culture have been westernized.
Often appears as...
- westernized societies
- westernized culture
adjective
Changed or influenced by the culture, ideas or technology of Western Europe and North America.
Many aspects of their traditional culture have been westernized.
Often appears as...
- westernized societies
- westernized culture
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Influence
Relates to adopting Western styles in behavior, dress, or lifestyle.
The westernized fashion trends were evident in the city's youth.
Pro Tip 2/3Globalization Effects
Often used in discussions about globalization's impact on local traditions.
Critics argue that globalization has westernized the local cuisine too much.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Can carry a negative connotation when it implies the loss of local heritage.
Some fear the westernized policies may erase our historical customs.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Influence
Relates to adopting Western styles in behavior, dress, or lifestyle.
The westernized fashion trends were evident in the city's youth.
Pro Tip 2/3Globalization Effects
Often used in discussions about globalization's impact on local traditions.
Critics argue that globalization has westernized the local cuisine too much.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Can carry a negative connotation when it implies the loss of local heritage.
Some fear the westernized policies may erase our historical customs.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Influence
Relates to adopting Western styles in behavior, dress, or lifestyle.
The westernized fashion trends were evident in the city's youth.
Pro Tip 2/3Globalization Effects
Often used in discussions about globalization's impact on local traditions.
Critics argue that globalization has westernized the local cuisine too much.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Can carry a negative connotation when it implies the loss of local heritage.
Some fear the westernized policies may erase our historical customs.
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so I grew up seeing my mother as a divorcee in a patriarchal environment. In fact, I grew up observing two different kinds of womanhood. On the one hand was my mother, a well-educated, secular, modern, westernized, Turkish woman. On the other hand was my grandmother,
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Continuing the Fight for...
taking the charge here and i i really don't know why that is i mean maybe it's because our our communities have adopted westernized society this westernized westernized forms of government where you know women are still subjugated on some sense but
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The politics of fiction...
so I grew up seeing my mother as a divorcee in a patriarchal environment. In fact, I grew up observing two different kinds of womanhood. On the one hand was my mother, a well-educated, secular, modern, westernized, Turkish woman. On the other hand was my grandmother,
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Continuing the Fight for...
taking the charge here and i i really don't know why that is i mean maybe it's because our our communities have adopted westernized society this westernized westernized forms of government where you know women are still subjugated on some sense but
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Kiran Desai
Indian Author
In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
No Muslim country has ever done as much as Turkey to make itself over in the image of a European nation-state; the country's westernised elite brutally imposed secularism, among other things, on its devout population of peasants.
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Leila Aboulela
Sudanese Writer
I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German Novelist
I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
My parents are super westernized. My mom listens to western music, my dad was like a pub landlord so he properly embraced English life. But the truth is they both came from tiny villages in Sri Lanka.
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Nathan Deal
American Politician
On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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Christie Hefner
American Businesswoman
It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.
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Zhang Jindong
Chinese Businessman
Best Buy went and hired a lot of Shanghai staff, but went and westernised them. They only work eight hours a day!
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Zozibini Tunzi
South African Model
Society has been conditioned for a very long time to see beauty as something that's been westernised.
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Joe Ingles
Australian Basketball Player
Tel Aviv is extremely westernised, it's like a little America.
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Kiran Desai
Indian Author
In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
No Muslim country has ever done as much as Turkey to make itself over in the image of a European nation-state; the country's westernised elite brutally imposed secularism, among other things, on its devout population of peasants.
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Leila Aboulela
Sudanese Writer
I grew up in a very westernised environment and went to a private American school. But my personality was shy and quiet, and I wanted to wear the hijab but didn't have the courage, as I knew my friends would talk me out of it.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German Novelist
I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
My parents are super westernized. My mom listens to western music, my dad was like a pub landlord so he properly embraced English life. But the truth is they both came from tiny villages in Sri Lanka.
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Nathan Deal
American Politician
On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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Christie Hefner
American Businesswoman
It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.
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Zhang Jindong
Chinese Businessman
Best Buy went and hired a lot of Shanghai staff, but went and westernised them. They only work eight hours a day!
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Zozibini Tunzi
South African Model
Society has been conditioned for a very long time to see beauty as something that's been westernised.
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Joe Ingles
Australian Basketball Player
Tel Aviv is extremely westernised, it's like a little America.
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