"Westernism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Western + -ism. The Russian ideology is a calque of Russian за́падничество (západničestvo) Etymology templates: {{af|en|Western|-ism}} Western + -ism, {{calque|en|ru|за́падничество|nocap=1}} calque of Russian за́падничество (západničestvo) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Westernism (uncountable)
  1. The ideology and culture of the West. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Occidentalism
    Sense id: en-Westernism-en-noun-YBHBkylE
  2. (historical) An 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government. Tags: historical, uncountable Translations (19th century ideology): захо́дніцтва (zaxódnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), западничество (zapadničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), západnictví [neuter] (Czech), occidentaliste [feminine, masculine] (French), occidentalismo [masculine] (Italian), okcydentaliz [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), zapadniczestwo [neuter] (Polish), zapadnictwo [neuter] (Polish), за́падничество (západničestvo) [neuter] (Russian), западњаштво [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), вестернизам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zapadnjaštvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vesternizam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), západníctvo (Slovak), zapadnitjestvo (Swedish), за́хідництво (záxidnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Westernism-en-noun-70XWEDGH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 28 72 Disambiguation of '19th century ideology': 27 73

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