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🇪🇺 To make European 🗺️ To put under EU control
to Europeanize

to Europeanize

8.8
To place a territory under the control of European institutions
  • verb
  • /ˌjʊərəˈpeɪəˌnaɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : europeizar
  • After the conflict, authorities attempted to Europeanize the governance of the area by placing it under EU oversight.

Examples

  • The treaty sought to Europeanize the administration of the disputed region.

  • Moves to Europeanize certain eastern territories faced both support and resistance from local communities.

  • They plan to Europeanize the region's infrastructure.

  • The government Europeanized the policies last year.

  • After the conflict, authorities attempted to Europeanize the governance of the area by placing it under EU oversight.

  • Moves to Europeanize certain eastern territories faced both support and resistance from local communities.

  • The treaty sought to Europeanize the administration of the disputed region.

Surface Forms

Europeanize infinitive
Europeanized past
Europeanized past participle
Europeanizing present participle
Europeanizes third person singular

Morphology

Europeanize = European (semi-transparent) = Europe + an + ize

The formation is clear, but the specialised political/legal sense of 'denationalize / place under European supervision' is more specific than a general 'make more European' and may not be predictable to all learners.

Etymology

Europeanize comes from Europe and the ending -ize, which means 'to make' or 'to become'. In politics, to Europeanize a territory is to 'make it European' by placing it under European rule or institutions, so the word can mean a change in control as well as culture.