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Europeanize
[ yoor-uh-pee-uh-nahyz, yur- ]
Europeanize
/ ˌjʊərəˈpɪəˌnaɪz /
verb
- to make European in culture, dress, etc
- to integrate (a country, economy, etc) into the European Union
Derived Forms
- ˌEuroˌpeaniˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- Euro·pean·i·zation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Europeanize1
Example Sentences
Most of her address was focused on women and their role in society, promising to “feminize” and “Europeanize” the country.
Sub-Saharan history is tougher to Europeanize without featuring the colonial perspective, relegating the Black Africans who have existed there for generations to background roles.
That was not a quality of Pelé’s that appears to have worn off on his most-recent embodiment, Neymar, who to the dismay of many Black Brazilians has Europeanized his looks as his career has blossomed.
He succeeded, but at the expense of a rent in the fabric of Russian history that left many recently Europeanized elites feeling estranged from the traditional culture of the peasantry.
There are sort of Spanish recipes, some of which have Spanish origins, and some of which are kind of purposeful Europeanizing of Central American food,” Joskow says.
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