Meanings
proper noun
alternative Western world
- obsoleteThe Americas.
- The United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
The state formerly reviled for cleaving too closely to Moscow's line now finds itself berated by the Kremlin as well as the Western world for not following the path of glasnost and perestroika.
1989, The Independent, Newspaper Publishing plcSynonyms: the West
- broadlyIndustrialised liberal democracies as a bloc, especially those allied with the United States and Europe; typically including some or all of the EU states in Eastern Europe, Israel, Japan and South Korea as well as the conventional West.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Similar
the West
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APA
western world. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/western%20world
MLA
“western world.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/western%20world. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “western world,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/western%20world.
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