anti-Western

adjective

an·​ti-West·​ern ˌan-tē-ˈwe-stərn How to pronounce anti-Western (audio)
ˌan-tī-
variants or less commonly anti-West
ˌan-tē-ˈwest How to pronounce anti-Western (audio)
ˌan-tī-
: 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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Its soft power – once built on revolutionary legitimacy, Shiite ideological influence and anti-Western propaganda – has eroded dramatically. Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025 Critics argue that the money from Obama and Biden helped Iran build its anti-Western terrorist forces. Sharyl Attkisson, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025 Ultimately, the end of the Islamic Republic would be a blow to the entire anti-Western ecosystem being built and compromise attempts to build spheres of influence and economic opportunity outside U.S.-led power structures. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025 Demonstrators waved national flags, chanted anti-Western slogans, and held up posters of military commanders killed in recent strikes. Amanda Castro peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-Western

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-Western was in 1933

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“Anti-Western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Western. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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