OCCIDENTALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Occidentalism mean? 

• OCCIDENTALISM (noun)
  The noun OCCIDENTALISM has 2 senses:

1. the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people

2. the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations

  Familiarity information: OCCIDENTALISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCCIDENTALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Occidentalism" is a kind of...):

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("occidentalism" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)