Occidentalism

American  

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

noun

1. Occidental character or characteristics.

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Other Word Forms

• Occidentalist noun

Etymology

Origin of Occidentalism

First recorded in 1830–40; occidental + -ism

Example Sentences

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

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 Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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

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 Wood, Eric Fisher