英语词汇westernization的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	westernization
词源	westernization n. also westernisation, 1873, noun of action from westernize (v.). Earliest reference is to Japan. [The mikado's] late rapid and radical progress in westernization (to evolve a word that the Japanese will need) justifies great expectations of him. [Coates Kinney, "Japanning the English Language," The Galaxy, July-Dec. 1873] Entries linking to westernization westernize adj. also westernise, 1837, originally in reference to the U.S. West, from western + -ize. Emigrants from Europe have brought the peculiarities of the nations and countries from whence they have originated, but are fast losing their national manners and feelings, and, to use a provincial term, will soon become "westernized." [J.M. Peck, "A New Guide for Emigrants to the West," Boston, 1837] In reference to Europeanizing of Middle Eastern or Asian places and persons, from 1867. Related: Westernized; westernizing. updated on August 23, 2020
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westernization n.