Antonyms of verb occidentalize

1 sense of occidentalize

Sense 1
occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise -- (make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up")
       Antonym of orientalize (Sense 1)
      => orientalize, orientalise -- (make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb occidentalize

1 sense of occidentalize

Sense 1
occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise -- (make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")