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Occident
[ ok-si-duhnt ]
noun
- the Occident,
- the West; the countries of Europe and America.
- (lowercase) the west; the western regions.
Occident
1/ ˈɒksɪdənt /
noun
- the countries of Europe and America
- the western hemisphere
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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In the Orient every man is producing as little as possible; in the Occident he is producing as much as possible.
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He was of Armenian descent, a singular instance of a person of Oriental extraction rising to eminence in the Occident.
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Can we not see Orient and Occident imaging themselves in their respective ideal products?
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Turkish coffee by the way, is very different from the coffee of the Occident.
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