Western world
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈwɛstərn wɜrld/
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Occidente
- Many people in the Western world value democracy and human rights.
- the culture of the Western world
I think a lot of things that we think in the Western world are prescribed by God.
- I think a lot of things that we think in the Western world are prescribed by God.
- It's one of the most common conditions in the Western world.
- I, I thought what he's after is uniting all of the Western world.
- Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world.
- It's, you know, one of the top three disease killers in the Western world today.
- But you must see that you're different from other people in the Western world.
- But regulation procedures make that process very slow in the Western world.
- But it's not just Israel's challenge because they have frequently said, you know, Israel first, but the Western world next.
- There's a huge epidemic in the western world of dementia, both Alzheimer's type and other types.
- Everyone, there's a huge population in Western world that suffers with difficulty sleeping.
- So could there be a few things that are causing inflammation in the Western world?
Examples
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The Western world has been influential in shaping global trade policies.
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Yet the political leaders of the Western world stood up to the communist threat with some constancy and determination.
Academic text (1998) -
And this is actually the position that most people, at least in the Western world, have had until they force people to care.
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The Iron Lady of the Western world.
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I think a lot of things that we think in the Western world are prescribed by God.
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His faith and courage changed the Western world.
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For centuries, technology has enjoyed a generally favorable reputation in the Western world.
Academic text (2003) -
This time they're fighting for the whole Western world, against a common enemy.
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But the view in the Western world of alcohol as a primary cause of social ills was much older.
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And that's not the way the Western world functions nowadays.
Synonyms
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2.4
Countries in Europe and the Americas that share similar political and cultural values
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9.8
The western part of the world, especially Europe and the Americas
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'western' specifies the cultural/geographic orientation and 'world' denotes the sphere of countries or societies, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to countries/regions associated with the West. This modifier+noun pattern and the cultural/geographic concept are cross-linguistically common, making the expression immediately understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
Western world may come from maps and history: people in Europe called lands to the left on a map Western, or 'the West', and when Europe and lands such as North and South America shared similar religion, politics, and work, they were thought of as one world. So today 'Western world' means countries with similar ways of life and government.