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Verb: occidentalize  ,ók-si'den-tu,lIz
  1. Make western in character
    "The reforms aimed to occidentalize the country's education system";
    - occidentalise [Brit], westernize, westernise [Brit]

Derived forms: occidentalizes, occidentalized, occidentalizing

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: orientalize