occidentalist
- adjective
- /ˌɑːksɪˈdɛntəlɪst/
- Specialized
- What was also politically important in the 1992-1995 period was that the people who surrounded Yeltsin were mainly of a neo-liberal and an occidentalist orientation.
Examples
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He says, "Arab intellectuals have displayed a very rational and appreciative attitude toward Western culture" (El-Enany, 2006: 2) and concludes that much of the Occidentalist images explored in his book will be seen to have been about the idealization of the Western other, the quest for the other, the desire to become the other, or at least to become like the other.
Academic text (2018) -
Finally, such frameworks serve to reproduce orientalism and its equally problematic occidentalist reversals.
Academic text (2005) -
Bateson encourages the reader to frame a life, at first through reference to Occidentalist and Orientalist essentialisms.
Academic text (1991) -
The lecture focused on the impacts of an occidentalist perspective in contemporary art criticism.
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In her analysis, she raised questions about the occidentalist views that dominate discussions of global culture.
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The article critiques the occidentalist narratives that often misrepresent Eastern philosophies.
Synonyms
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2.1
Relating to the countries and cultures of Europe and the Americas
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7.7
Relating to the countries of the West, especially Europe and the Americas
How Western
Surface Forms
Morphology
occidentalist = occidental (semi-transparent) = occident + al + ist
The relation 'occidental' + '-ist' is morphologically regular (person/relating to the West), but 'occidental' is a relatively low-frequency/academic base and '-ist' can signal different roles (scholar, supporter), so nuance is specialized.
Etymology
Occidentalist comes from occident, which means 'the West' or the place 'where the sun sets'. So an occidentalist perspective is one that focuses on Western ideas and how the West is seen or described.