Noun
cultural imperialism (uncountable)
(chiefly depreciative) The imposition of a dominant nation's culture onto a nondominant nation, often through the export of cultural products such as film and music.
Nobody should have to watch American films; many in the world consider Hollywood a means of cultural imperialism.
Many critics see international trade as a form of cultural imperialism that must be strictly controlled. Robert Gilpin
Cultural imperialism involved, among many other things, exploration, missionary and humanitarian missions, travel, and the use of education and publishing to disseminate European ideas. George Ritzer
In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. Fredric Jameson
Governments have an obligation to preserve their populations' cultures as world heritage in accordance with the aim of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote diversity and oppose cultural imperialism. Alfred de Zayas
Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that. Fredric Jameson
Cultural imperialism signifies the dimensions of the process that go beyond economic exploitation or military force. Source: Internet