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Modernization vs Westernization - What's the difference?

modernization | westernization |

As nouns the difference between modernization and westernization

is that modernization is the process of modernizing while westernization is the process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.

modernization

English

Noun

(wikipedia modernization)
  • the process of modernizing

    • Alternative forms

    * modernisation

    Related terms

    * modernize * modernizer

    westernization

    English

    (wikipedia westernization)

    Alternative forms

    * westernisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.