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Occidentalism

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

noun

  1. Occidental character or characteristics.


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Etymology

Origin of Occidentalism

First recorded in 1830–40; occidental + -ism

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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

In Occidentalism there is none of the feeling that to labor is unworthy; there is none of the feeling that to labor is the part of slaves and lower creatures.

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

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 Eric Fisher Wood

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

From An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky

I was always willing to remove the gravity of Japanese children by my grotesque Occidentalism, but I have a very real objection to being a butt for the ridicule of grown- ups.

From Roving East and Roving West by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

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