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Occidentalism

American  
[ok-si-den-tl-iz-uhm] / ˌɒk sɪˈdɛn tlˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. Occidental character or characteristics.


Other Word Forms

  • Occidentalist noun

Etymology

Origin of Occidentalism

First recorded in 1830–40; occidental + -ism

Example Sentences

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The royal couple were literally patronizing the European colonizers, switching roles in their own version of Occidentalism.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019

It is true that Occidentalism was equally manifest in both the groups in question, but its origins were different.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor

My definitions of Occidentalism are four in number.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

Her ‘Young Turks’ are laboring for results which would include all my four definitions of Occidentalism.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

Occidentalism feels that woman and man are different but does not feel that man is superior to woman.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher