occidentalism

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noun

The habits and attitudes of westerners.

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Meanings

nounoccidentalism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe habits and attitudes of westerners.

    Giving full agency to the Chinese Occidentalists, she argues that Occidentalism was a discourse used within the context of domestic politics in post-Mao China as a “strategy of liberation" and a counterdiscourse to the government's ideological domination […]

    2001, Shumei Shi, The Lure of the Modern

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
westernism

Origin

From occidental + -ism.

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APA

occidentalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occidentalism

MLA

“occidentalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occidentalism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occidentalism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occidentalism.

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