INDIGENIZE meaning: Adapt practices to local cultures - OneLook

Usually means: Adapt practices to local cultures.

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indigenize: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (indigenize)

▸ verb: To bring something under the control or influence of an indigenous people.

Similar:

indigenise, Indianize, colonize, Amerindianize, nativize, self-colonize, go native, domesticate, governmentalize, endenizen, more...

Opposite:

colonize, foreignize, globalize, westernize

Types:

acculturation, assimilation, creolization, syncretism, more...

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Similar:

indigenise, Indianize, colonize, Amerindianize, nativize, self-colonize, go native, domesticate, governmentalize, endenizen, more...

Opposite:

colonize, foreignize, globalize, westernize

Types:

acculturation, assimilation, creolization, syncretism, more...

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