Americanized

adjective

Amer·i·can·ized ə-ˈmer-ə-kə-ˌnīzd

-ˈmər-,

-ˈme-rə-

: adapted or altered to have or conform to typically American characteristics : American in quality or character

As the flock became more educated and more Americanized, they wanted to be seen as real Americans.—

Joseph Nocera

an Americanized city

Examples of Americanized in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Today’s Latino population is more Americanized and assimilated than ever before. —

Paola Ramos, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 Besides hot pots, the restaurant offers Korean barbecue items, dumplings, bao, noodle and rice dishes and Americanized Chinese wok entrees. —

Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 Interesting to note that in 1938, Wilder wrote an Americanized adaptation of Einen Jux will er sich machen, an 1842 farce by Austrian playwright Johan Nestroy, which was itself based on an even earlier one-act work from England. —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 July 2024 While wearing gaudy lime green T-shirts, neon ties sprouting shamrocks with Gaelic sayings, or singing catchy, sentimental tunes, many people also enjoy an Americanized version of the Celtic culture for a day, whether Irish or not. —

Maureen Murphy, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Americanized

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