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Occident

[ ok-si-duhnt ]

noun

  1. the Occident,
    1. the West; the countries of Europe and America.
  2. (lowercase) the west; the western regions.


Occident

1

/ ˈɒksɪdənt /

noun

  1. the countries of Europe and America
  2. the western hemisphere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


occident

2

/ ˈɒksɪdənt /

noun

  1. a literary or formal word for west Compare orient
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Occident1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Occident1

C14: via Old French from Latin occidere to fall, go down (with reference to the setting sun); see occasion
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Example Sentences

Spacially, the trade relations of the ancient Phnicians extended over the whole of the known Occident.

In the Orient every man is producing as little as possible; in the Occident he is producing as much as possible.

He was of Armenian descent, a singular instance of a person of Oriental extraction rising to eminence in the Occident.

Can we not see Orient and Occident imaging themselves in their respective ideal products?

Turkish coffee by the way, is very different from the coffee of the Occident.

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