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

You who live in America do not have to consider or define the differences between Occidentalism and Orientalism.

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

Occidentalism feels that woman and man are different but does not feel that man is superior to woman.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

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