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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

I do not for a moment imagine that the elementary school teacher is more deeply tainted than his fellows with the virus of "Occidentalism."

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond

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

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

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