Americanisation

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Americanisation - assimilation into American culture

Americanization

assimilation, absorption - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

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I blame the Americanisation of our diets - fast food such as McDonald's and KFC, ready meals and fizzy drinks.

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"The first is more nurses doing more, the second is just telling the truth and the third is an opposition to the Americanisation and privatisation of the New South Wales health system," he said.

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THE creeping Americanisation of the English language is annoying.

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When it comes to people talking about the British game industry, a word that often gets thrown around is "Americanisation." Compared to the 1980s, when indigenous little titles like Hovver Bovver were the rage, today, there's a consensus forming that British games have lost their national identity.

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l l HERE we can clearly see the (North) Americanisation of Niall Horan as he returns to London's Heathrow.

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a the in that all next year Entire localities have been cleared of residential properties and family-run small businesses and enterprises to pave the way for Americanisation of this region by building numerous dual-carriageways through the heart of this city.

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Yet another Americanisation. Why are pitches frequently referred to as 'result' pitches when there is always going to be a 'result' of some description.

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The public wanted an end to "Americanisation" of British politics, he added.

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I NOTE with interest the fuddy duddy com-plaints about the Americanisation of British racing.