0 to cause the ideas and ways of doing things that are common in North America and most of Europe to be used and accepted by someone or something in or from another part of the world --
1 to fill with qualities typical of a western region, esp. Western Europe and America --
Opponents tried to undercut this perceived support by arguing that lawyers had become westernized, or that the merits of the bill were for the people to decide, not lawyers.
This process, understood as cultural imperialism, is associated with the destruction of cultural identities, dominated by a homogenized and westernized, consumer culture.
Each doll also includes a second outfit that is less traditional than the first, and more westernized.
By the 19th century, many were wealthy, educated and westernized.
In what was left over of that great empire almost everything traditional had to be replaced or westernized.
