Main Entry: west·ern·ize

Pronunciation: \ˈwes-tər-ˌnīz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): west·ern·ized; west·ern·iz·ing

Usage: often capitalized

Date: 1837

transitive verb : to imbue with qualities native to or associated with a western region and especially the noncommunist countries of Europe and Americaintransitive verb : to become westernized

— west·ern·iz·er noun often capitalized