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an·ti-West·ern | \ ˌan-tē-ˈwe-stərn 
, ˌan-tī- \
, ˌan-tī- \variants:
or less commonly anti-West \ ˌan-tē-ˈwest , ˌan-tī- \
, 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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