Crossword-Solution: AMERICANIZE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Americanize | v. t. | To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “AMERICANIZE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Adapt to the New World | 1 answer |
| Convert to McDonald's, the Gap, etc. | 1 answer |
| Give a less foreign-sounding name at Ellis Island, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Inculcate democratic ideals. | 1 answer |
| become American in character | 1 answer |
| make American in character | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
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greedy person
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Sentences with AMERICANIZE (5)
Yet this man was a power in his community, a strong influence upon others; he believed he could Americanize others, when he himself, according to his own statements, lacked the fundamental principle of Americanization.
But what shall we do with these multitudes of foreigners who are already living in our midst? In the first place, we must cease to regard them as foreigners or aliens, and set to work with a definite purpose to Americanize them as quickly as possible.
Who among our rich men will lead off in some grand crusade of this sort? Another thing we want to do to Americanize these people, is to furnish them employment under conditions consistent with health, intelligence, and morality.
There is a Doric oracle which says, 'If the Athenians want good citizens let them put whatever is beautiful into the ears of their sons.' If we Americanize this oracle it would read, 'If the Americans want good citizens let them put whatever is beautiful and useful into the ears of their sons and daughters.'" * * * * * It is instructive to note the inter-relation and interaction of forces and influences that have been powerful factors in national development, and to consider their sources.
The school is thus establishing standards of equipment, of food, of service, of comfortable living, that tend to Americanize quite as much as the establishment of standards of speech, of business methods, or of civic duties.
Quotes with AMERICANIZE (3)
During an hour-long conversation mid-flight, he laid out his theory of the war. First, Jones said, the United States could not lose the war or be seen as losing the war.'If we're not successful here,' Jones said, 'you'll have a staging base for global terrorism all over the world. People will say the terrorists won. And you'll see expressions of these kinds of things in Africa, South America, you name it. Any developing country is going to say, this is the way we beat [the Un…
Intervening militarily would exacerbate - not resolve - the matter and, in the process, will Americanize the Syrian civil war.
Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1949–2000).