easternize
English
Alternative forms
- easternise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
Verb
easternize (third-person singular simple present easternizes, present participle easternizing, simple past and past participle easternized)
- (transitive) To make eastern in character.
- Coordinate term: westernize
- 2007 January 14, Liesl Schillinger, “Siberian Fields”, in The New York Times Book Review[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 June 2025:
- It would suit me very well,” he tells her, “if, at this point, I could easternize your Western eyes, your Western heart.”
Derived terms
Translations
to make eastern in character
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