Occidentotropism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Occidentotropism is a noun meaning An expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).
Meaning
An expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).
Example Sentences
A kind of occidentotropism ("Go West Young Man!") informs the films, conveying a thrusting purposiveness...: Red Sundown (1956), Union Pacific (1939), The Last Outpost (1935, 1951), Heaven's Gate (1959).
Word Forms
- occidentotropisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include occidentalist, occidentalism, orientalism, westernism, antiwesternism, ethnocentrism.
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