AMERICANIZATION Antonyms

• growth to a global or worldwide scale

• the act of bringing something under international control

• a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations

• a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

• a partiality for some particular place

• the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country

• love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

• the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other

• the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

• the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals

• strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings

• adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

• the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions