Definitions for americanize
əˈmɛr ɪ kəˌnaɪzamer·i·can·ize

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1. Americanize, Americaniseverb

   make American in character

   "The year in the US has completely Americanized him"

2. Americanize, Americaniseverb

   become American in character

   "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized"

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1. Americanizeverb

   To make American, as to custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.

2. Americanizeverb

   To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.

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1. americanize

   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.Hollywood, the American film and television industry, has since the 1910s 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 either made entirely or partially in the United States or were financed by US production companies, even with limited or no artistic involvement (criteria for determining a movie's country of origin are mutable and subjective but are, in practice, based on fiscal contribution and head office locations, which creates a significant advantage for a country with the money and industrial support structure - i.e. Hollywood - to fund large-scale motion pictures). Top 50 constituents set and filmed entirely in the UK, like some of the Harry Potter franchise, or with deliberately and quintessentially British source material, like the Lord of the Rings series, count as American productions for solely financial reasons. This coopting of the works of other nations and cultures into "American" works (and the hegemonic ability to do as such) forms part of many critical definitions of Americanization.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 U.S. soft power. Fast food is also often viewed as being a symbol of U.S. marketing dominance. Companies such as McDonald's, Walmart, Subway, Starbucks, 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 primary soft power method chosen to counter the polar process of Sovietization around the world. Education, schools, and particularly universities became the main target for Americanization. Resistance to Americanization within the university community restrained its effectiveness, though it was still much more successful than Sovietization.: 6  Americanization has become more prevalent since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, which left America, briefly, as the world's sole undisputed superpower (the full soft power of China as a potential competing influence has yet to manifest within Occidental pop culture). Americanization found yet another gear with the advent of widespread high-speed Internet use in the mid-2000s (notably heavily censored in China). Criticism of Americanization has included opposition to U.S. 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. americanize

   Americanize refers to the process of making something, someone, or some aspect bear characteristics, traits, or features predominantly associated with America or American culture. This can include adapting to American customs, language, lifestyle, values, or even adopting American policy or business practices within an individual, organization, or in broader aspects like society or a geographical location. The influences may involve cultural, social, political, or economic changes.

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1. Americanizeverb

   to render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of americanize in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of americanize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of americanize in a Sentence

1. Padraig Harrington of Ireland:

   Being here is a little bit like Christmas dinner or Thanksgiving for your family. You could have a sibling sitting there and — we’ll Americanize it: You could be a Republican; they could be a Democrat, but you’re friends at that particular time, and maybe politics isn’t mentioned at the dinner table, we are here for two days, and it’s great to see.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=americanize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Americanize
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanize
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/americanize