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- Westernization abstract "Westernization or Westernisation (see spelling differences), also occidentalization or occidentalisation (from the Occident, meaning the Western world; see "occident" in the dictionary), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values. Westernization has been a pervasive and accelerating influence across the world in the last few centuries, with some thinkers assuming westernization to be the equivalent of modernization, a way of thought that is often debated. The overall process of westernization is often two-sided in that Western influences and interests themselves are joined with parts of the affected society, at minimum, to change towards a more Westernized society, in the hope of attaining Western life or some aspects of it. To assume, however, Western societies are not affected or changed by this process and interaction with non-Western groups is misleading.Westernization can also be related to acculturation and enculturation. Acculturation is "the process of cultural and psychological change that takes place as a result of contact between cultural groups and their individual members." After contact, changes in cultural patterns are evident within one or both cultures. Specific to westernization and the non-Western culture, foreign societies tend to adopt changes in their own social systems relative to Western ideology, lifestyle, and physical appearance, along with numerous other aspects, and shifts in culture patterns can be seen to take root as a community becomes acculturated to Western customs and characteristics – in other words, westernized.The phenomenon of westernization does not follow any one specific pattern across societies as the degree of adaption and fusion with Western customs will occur at varying magnitudes within different communities. Specifically, the extent to which domination, destruction, resistance, survival, adaptation or modification affect a native culture may differ following inter-ethnic contact. In a situation where a native culture experiences destruction as a result of a more powerful outside force, a "shock phase" can often result from the encounter. Such a phase is especially characteristic during expansionist or colonialist eras. During a shock phase, repression using military force may lead to a cultural collapse or ethnocide, a culture’s physical extinction. According to Conrad Phillip Kottak, the Westerners "will attempt to remake the native culture within their own image, ignoring the fact that the models of culture that they have created are inappropriate for settings outside of Western civilisation," just one representation of the possibly harmful effects of Westernization.".
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- Westernization citationStyle "November 2011".
- Westernization globalize "November 2011".
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- Westernization pov "November 2011".
- Westernization refimprove "February 2010".
- Westernization subject Category:Cultural_assimilation.
- Westernization subject Category:Cultural_geography.
- Westernization subject Category:Globalization_issues.
- Westernization subject Category:Sociocultural_globalization.
- Westernization subject Category:Western_culture.
- Westernization comment "Westernization or Westernisation (see spelling differences), also occidentalization or occidentalisation (from the Occident, meaning the Western world; see "occident" in the dictionary), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values.".
- Westernization label "Occidentalisation".
- Westernization label "Occidentalización".
- Westernization label "Ocidentalismo".
- Westernization label "Okcydentalizacja".
- Westernization label "Verwestlichung".
- Westernization label "Westernization".
- Westernization label "Вестернизация".
- Westernization label "تغريب".
- Westernization label "西方化".
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- Westernization sameAs Occidentalización.
- Westernization sameAs Occidentalisation.
- Westernization sameAs 서구화.
- Westernization sameAs Okcydentalizacja.
- Westernization sameAs Ocidentalismo.
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- Westernization wasDerivedFrom Westernization?oldid=605738975.
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