occidentalización
Spanish
Etymology
From occidentalizar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oɡθidentaliθaˈθjon/ [oɣ̞.θi.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪a.li.θaˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /oɡsidentalisaˈsjon/ [oɣ̞.si.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪a.li.saˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: oc‧ci‧den‧ta‧li‧za‧ción
Noun
occidentalización f (plural occidentalizaciones)
- westernization
- Antonym: orientalización
Related terms
Further reading
- “occidentalización”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024