westernism
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westernism¹
Where it comes from
From western + -ism.
noun westernisms
- Something that is characteristic of the western part of a region.
Westernism²
Where it comes from
From Western + -ism. The Russian ideology is a calque of Russian за́падничество (západničestvo).
noun
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The ideology and culture of the West.
Similar: Occidentalism
- An 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government. Slavophilism and Westernism were indeed the two sides of the same set of aspirations and sentiments, one facing an image of the past, and the other that of the future.
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noun 19th century ideology
| Français | occidentaliste |
|---|---|
| Italiano | occidentalismo |
| Русский | за́падничество západničestvo |
Talk about this word "westernism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/westernism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. westernism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/westernism "westernism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/westernism.Cite this
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title = {westernism},
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