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

According to a recent survey conducted by TD Cowen and based on answers from 2,000 consumers across key cities in China, significant changes in attitudes are happening across the board as anti-Western sentiment rises. —Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025

Since 2022, the Kremlin has conducted a sweeping campaign to quash political dissent, spread pro-war and anti-Western propaganda domestically, and create broad classes of Russians that benefit materially from the war. —Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025

Driven together by anti-Western grievance and their own parochial interests, China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia are creating substantial authoritarian scale. —Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025

Cameron described Putin as deeply nationalistic, anti-Western and anti-democratic and said the Russian leader couldn’t be trusted. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-Western

• northwestern
• southwestern
• western