noun

• The action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality.

  ‘the Americanization of popular culture continues apace’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I seldom ask myself questions about my "Americanization."’
  • ‘These novels present an alternate vision of Americanization.’
  • ‘The union becomes an experiment in Americanization more than a loving relationship.’
  • ‘The story of his Americanization becomes, in fact, an account of recurring homelessness.’
  • ‘Americanization did take place in the period directly after the World War II, when American society became a controversial model for Europeans.’
  • ‘Statistics provide a much less dramatic picture of Americanization through television.’
  • ‘Critique of the process of Americanization was also a central issue in the arts.’
  • ‘The French worried about the Americanization of their culture and the disappearance of peasant society.’
  • ‘It is hard to appreciate the global reach and power of Americanization when one is working from inside the global center.’
  • ‘The criticisms against bilingual education policy are myopic and focused on nostalgic notions of Americanization and assimilation.’