Americanize
Definition
To make a person, a community, a language, or an institution adopt the characteristics, customs, mentalities, linguistic forms, or lifestyle specific to the United States of America; to instill or acquire an American structural character. In the context of globalization, it refers to the process by which local cultural elements are modified or replaced under the influence of economic and entertainment models from the US.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Americanize
- Americanise
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | First conjugation verb, regular morphological variations in all tenses and aspects. |
| Formation | Verb derived from the base adjective 'American' by attaching the productive suffix '-ize' / '-ise'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ə.ˈmer.ɪ.kə.naɪz] |
| Source | International Dictionary of Verbs and Morphological Derivatives |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Marile corporații tind să americanizeze modul de organizare al muncii în toate filialele lor europene.
EN: Large corporations tend to americanize the way work is organized in all their European branches.
RO: După câțiva ani petrecuți la New York, el s-a americanizat complet, adoptând chiar și accentul specific.
EN: After a few years spent in New York, he americanized completely, even adopting the specific accent.
RO: Unii lingviști avertizează că publicitatea excesivă poate americaniza vocabularul curent într-un mod agresiv.
EN: Some linguists warn that excessive advertising can americanize current vocabulary in an aggressive way.
Idioms & Phrases
A se americaniza complet / To become fully americanized
RO: Proces reflexiv prin care un individ își schimbă integral obiceiurile natale în favoarea celor din societatea SUA.
EN: A reflexive process through which an individual fully changes their native customs in favor of those from US society.
A americaniza un brand / To americanize a brand
RO: Strategie de marketing structurală aplicată pentru a da unui produs local o identitate sau o imagine comercială de tip SUA.
EN: A structural marketing strategy applied to give a local product a US-type commercial identity or image.
Tendința de a americaniza / Tendency to americanize
RO: Înclinație socială sau economică involuntară spre adoptarea formelor de manifestare specifice culturii transatlantice.
EN: An involuntary social or economic inclination toward adopting forms of manifestation specific to transatlantic culture.
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