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Westernizers

Westernizers is the plural of Westernizer.

Meaning of Westernizer

Noun

Westernizer (plural Westernizers)

  1. (historical) A member of a group of 19th-century intellectuals who believed that Russia's development depended upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
    • In both the works mentioned above Plekhanov showed himself to be an extreme Westernizer, as he remained throughout his life.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

Questions about Westernizers

What is Westernizers the plural of?
Westernizers is the plural of Westernizer.

Words near Westernizers in the dictionary

  1. westernization
  2. westernizations
  3. westernize
  4. westernized
  5. Westernizer
  6. Westernizers
  7. westernizes
  8. westernizing
  9. westernly
  10. westernmost
  11. Westernness

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