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westernism

Today it means: Something that is characteristic of the western part of a region. Full definition →

Russian за́падничество

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westernism · noun¹

From western + -ism.

Westernism · noun²

Russian · calque ofза́падничество
English todayWesternism

From Western + -ism. The Russian ideology is a calque of Russian за́падничество (západničestvo).

Words from the same roots

Russianза́падничество all →

zapadnichestvo

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