occidental

American  

[ok-si-den-tl] / ˌɒk sɪˈdɛn tl /

adjective

1. (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.

2. western.

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noun

1. (usually initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the Occident.

occidental British  

/ ˌɒksɪˈdɛntəl /

adjective

1. a literary or formal word for western Compare oriental

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Other Word Forms

• nonoccidental adjective
• nonoccidentally adverb
• occidentality noun
• occidentally adverb
• pseudooccidental adjective
• unoccidental adjective
• unoccidentally adverb

Etymology

Origin of occidental

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin occidentālis western, equivalent to occident- Occident ( def. ) + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

So is the “syndrome” all in the prejudiced occidental mind?

From The Guardian

“They were my first introduction to occidental culture,” Chinese-born physicist Tsung Dao Lee recalled.

From Washington Post

The idea of “Japanese” alludes, perhaps, to “otherness,” to an enduring occidental fascination with the obliqueness of the Far East, of words that look like pictures and ancient ceremonies with complex rules.

From New York Times

But long after Texaco is gone, the vision she’s granted him will endure: In the centre, an occidental urban logic, all lined up, ordered, strong like the French language.

From The Guardian

When he returned to Europe and took the job at Elsa, he says, “I wanted to create an occidental version of the food I ate on Jeju.”

From New York Times