Americanized

adjective

Amer·​i·​can·​ized ə-ˈmer-ə-kə-ˌnīzd 

-ˈmər-,

-ˈme-rə-

: adapted or altered to have or conform to typically American characteristics : American in quality or character

As the flock became more educated and more Americanized, they wanted to be seen as real Americans.

—Joseph Nocera

an Americanized city

Examples of Americanized in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film focuses on three sisters: María (Marta Méndez Cross), Lucía (Valeria Maldonado) and Sofía (Virginia Novello), who try to untangle their complex relationship — and years of estrangement —while toggling between their Americanized life in the U.S. and their family’s Mexican homeland. —Arturo Conde, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025

Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959 and is now significantly Americanized, while Puerto Rico remains an unincorporated territory and retains its own language and culture. —Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025

Directed by Shannon Tindle and co-directed by John Aoshima, Ultraman: Rising is, on the surface, an Americanized update to a decades-old superhero franchise. —Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 14 June 2024

Today’s Latino population is more Americanized and assimilated than ever before. —Paola Ramos, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Americanized

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