westernism

American  

[wes-ter-niz-uhm] / ˈwɛs tərˌnɪz əm /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. a word, idiom, or practice characteristic of people of the Occident or of the western U.S.

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westernism British  

/ ˈwɛstəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a word, habit, practice, etc, characteristic of western people or of the American West

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Etymology

Origin of westernism

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; western + -ism

Example Sentences

With his support of the missionaries, the native struggles became a religious war between Christianity and paganism as well as between nativism and westernism.

From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.

We have seen how in recent times the Confucian literati resisted the onset of westernism.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

Borne up on her breezy westernism was a fragrant reserve, a fine reticence that disengaged a tantalising promise.

From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)

His early and rabid westernism was greatly tempered on contact with the west.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous