westernize

• westernise (non-Oxford British English)
• Westernize

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

• dewesternize
• easternize

• Westernizer