Occident

[ ok-si-duhnt ]

/ ˈɒk sɪ dənt /

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noun

the Occident,

the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.

(lowercase) the west; the western regions.

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Origin of Occident

Middle English <Middle French <Latin occident- (stem of occidēns) present participle of occidere to fall, (of the sun) to set, equivalent to oc-oc- + cid- (combining form of cadere to fall) + -ent--ent

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH Occident

accident, Occident

Words nearby Occident

occasionalism, occasional licence, occasionally, occasional table, occasions, Occident, occidental, Occidentalism, Occidentalize, occipital, occipital bone

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How to use Occident in a sentence

Spacially, the trade relations of the ancient Phnicians extended over the whole of the known Occident.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
In the Orient every man is producing as little as possible; in the Occident he is producing as much as possible.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe
He was of Armenian descent, a singular instance of a person of Oriental extraction rising to eminence in the Occident.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II.|Various
Can we not see Orient and Occident imaging themselves in their respective ideal products?
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider

Turkish coffee by the way, is very different from the coffee of the Occident.
The Old World and Its Ways|William Jennings Bryan

British Dictionary definitions for Occident (1 of 2)

occident

/ (ˈɒksɪdənt) /

noun

a literary or formal word for west Compare orient

Word Origin for occident

C14: via Old French from Latin occidere to fall, go down (with reference to the setting sun); see occasion

British Dictionary definitions for Occident (2 of 2)

Occident

/ (ˈɒksɪdənt) /

noun the Occident

the countries of Europe and America

the western hemisphere

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