Definitions for Americanization
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Americanization, Americanisationnoun

   assimilation into American culture

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1. Americanization

   Americanization or Americanisation (see spelling differences) is the influence of American culture and business on other countries outside the United States of America, including their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology or political techniques. Some observers have described Americanization as synonymous with progress and innovation. However, it is also used as a pejorative term by critics who oppose American influences.Hollywood, the American film and television industry, has since the 1920s dominated most of the world's media markets. It is the chief medium by which people across the globe see American fashions, customs, scenery, and way of life. The top 50 highest-grossing films of all time were all made entirely or partially in the United States. Coca-Cola, previously the top global company by revenue, is often viewed as a symbol of Americanization, giving rise to the term "Coca-Cola diplomacy" for anything emblematic of US soft power. Fast food is also often viewed as being a symbol of US marketing dominance. Companies such as McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Domino's Pizza among others have numerous outlets around the world. Of the top ten global brands (2017) by revenue, seven are based in the United States: Apple Inc., Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Facebook and IBM. During the Cold War, Americanization was the method to counter the processes of Sovietization around the world. Education, schools, and particularly universities became the main target for Americanization. However, resistance to Americanization of the university community restrained it, although it was still much more successful than Sovietization.: 6  Americanization has become more prevalent since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 and especially since the advent of widespread high speed Internet use in the mid 2000s. Criticism of Americanization has included opposition to US investments in Europe during the 1960s, which subsided by the 1970s. A new dimension of anti-Americanism is fear of the pervasiveness of American Internet technology.

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1. americanization

   Americanization is the process through which foreign individuals, cultures, societies or countries adopt or assimilate various aspects of American culture or values. This can include language, customs, dress, food, lifestyle to beliefs, and it often happens due to globalization, immigration, and influence from American media and businesses.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Americanizationnoun

   the process of Americanizing

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1. Americanization

   Outside the United States, Americanization is a term for the influence the United States has on the culture of other countries, such as their popular culture, cuisine, technology, business practices, or political techniques. The term has been used since at least 1907. Within the United States, the term Americanization refers to the process of acculturation by immigrants or annexated populations to American customs and values.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Americanization in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Americanization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Americanization
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanization
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Americanization
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Americanization