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occidentotropism

occidentotropism noun: an expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).

Noun

occidentotropism (plural occidentotropisms)

  1. An expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).
    • 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).2002, Ella Shohat, Robert Stam, “The Imperial Imaginary”, in The Anthropology of Media: A Reader, Blackwell Publishers

Forms of occidentotropism

pluraloccidentotropisms

Questions about occidentotropism

What does occidentotropism mean?
Occidentotropism means an expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).
What part of speech is occidentotropism?
Occidentotropism is a noun.
What is the plural of occidentotropism?
The plural of occidentotropism is occidentotropisms.

Words near occidentotropism in the dictionary

  1. occidentalizes
  2. occidentalizing
  3. occidentally
  4. occidentals
  5. occidentosis
  6. occidentotropism
  7. occidentotropisms
  8. occidents
  9. occidiofungin
  10. occiduous
  11. occies

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