anti-Western

adjective

an·​ti-West·​ern ˌan-tē-ˈwe-stərn 

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly anti-West

ˌan-tē-ˈwest 

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

Examples of anti-Western in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

That sowed the seeds of 1979’s Islamic Revolution — and with it the anti-Western, repressive theocracy of Iran today. —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2025

Leaning into pro-Palestinian and anti-Western sentiment allowed Russia to score points with global public opinion. Become a Subscriber But dynamics that initially seemed to benefit Russia quickly became a strategic headache. —Hanna Notte, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025

So, while Israel is flying the planes, the United States is sending an unmistakable message that its multi-decade strategic partnership with Israel is formidable in the face of threats from anti-American, anti-Western authoritarian regimes. —Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-Western

• northwestern
• southwestern
• western