westernize

• westernise (non-Oxford British spelling), Westernize

From western +‎ -ize.

westernize (third-person singular simple present westernizes, present participle westernizing, simple past and past participle westernized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To render something western in character.

   Antonym: dewesternize

   Coordinate term: easternize

   • 2024 April 1, David Pierson, “The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Users on Chinese social media expressed anger that the Netflix adaptation Westernized aspects of the story, and said the show sought to demonize some of the Chinese characters.