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From western +‎ -ize.

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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.
    • 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.

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