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

Whatever emerges from the gathering, BRICS is unlikely to become an anti-American or anti-Western power bloc anytime soon. — Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

India also has an interest in preventing BRICS from becoming an explicitly anti-Western bloc. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

Iran has positioned itself as the most overtly anti-Western state in the region, and the coming together of three prominent Muslim-majority countries aligned with the West, two of which have land borders with Iran, signals its isolation. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

After years of anti-Western rhetoric and disputes with Washington, Turkey has worked to repair relations with the United States and Europe. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-Western

• northwestern
• southwestern
• western