anti-Western

adjective

an·ti-West·ern | \ ˌan-tē-ˈwe-stərn

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, ˌan-tī-\

variants: or less commonly anti-West \ ˌan-tē-ˈwest

How to pronounce anti-West (audio)

, ˌan-tī- \

Definition of anti-Western

: opposed to or hostile toward Western countries anti-Western terrorists anti-Western sentiment … triggered an outpouring of anti-Western and anti-American feeling in Africa and at the United Nations.— Jennifer Seymour Whitaker … at moments during the film, I felt I was back there again, amid the anti-West slogans; the massive anti-American demonstrations in front of the U.S. embassy.— Bernard Kalb

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