Occident
noun
the Occident,
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Occident
American
[ok-si-duhnt]
/ ˈɒk sɪ dənt /
noun
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the Occident,
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the West; the countries of Europe and America.
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(lowercase) the west; the western regions.
Occident
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British
/ ˈɒksɪdənt /
noun
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the countries of Europe and America
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the western hemisphere
occident
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British
/ ˈɒksɪdənt /
noun
Etymology
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
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“The dichotomy of the Orient and the Occident is breaking down the world over, even as subtle gradations continue to persist.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2018
She loves New York but also responds deeply to the Asian Manhattan—to Hong Kong’s entrep ô t culture and it's mercantile mix of Orient and Occident.
From Time ● Oct. 24, 2017
He commissioned Muybridge to photograph Occident, one of his champion trotters, in motion.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2010
The stammering piano melody in "Occident" spends four minutes rousing itself, manages a minute-long, midtempo strut, then shrugs off back to bed.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2010
The Italian and Sicilian courts of Frederick II. were thronged with the fairest ladies of Orient and Occident.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
The honeymoon of East and West is over, and Rama's intellectual career runs into a terrible occident.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paralyzed Rome, pillaged by the Visigoths, felt its life grow feeble, perceived its extremities, the occident and the orient, writhe in blood and grow more exhausted from day to day.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
The porteuses, said to be the lithest, hardiest women of the occident, wore a pitiable look of fatigue, as they came down from the hill-trails, steadying the baskets upon their heads.
From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort
This Light hath risen in the orient, and traveled towards the occident, until it reached thee in the evening of its life.
From The Promised Day Is Come by Shoghi Effendi
Note and observe that this doth argue and portend I know not what of the west and occident of my time, and signifieth that the south and meridian of mine age is past.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
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