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Europeanize

[ yoor-uh-pee-uh-nahyz, yur- ]

verb (used with object)

Europeanized, Europeanizing.
  1. to make European.


Europeanize

/ ˌʊəəˈɪəˌԲɪ /

verb

  1. to make European in culture, dress, etc
  2. to integrate (a country, economy, etc) into the European Union
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܰˌ𲹲ԾˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • r·a··tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Europeanize1

First recorded in 1840–50; European + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Most of her address was focused on women and their role in society, promising to “feminize” and “Europeanize” the country.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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