non-Western
adjective
non-West·ern
ˌnän-ˈwe-stərn 
1
: not being part of the western tradition
non-Western countries
2
: of or relating to non-Western societies
non-Western values
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Putin arrived in China on Sunday to attend a summit organized by Beijing that convened more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Reuters, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
After Moscow launched a war against Ukraine, broke with the West, and pivoted toward non-Western audiences, Putin firmly embraced civilizational discourse, which is now official policy and a mainstay of presidential speeches and even schoolbooks.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Here, influences from Cubism and non-Western art abound.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
And that a looser, messier, even seemingly incoherent set of choices with respect to point of view comes closer to the experience of consciousness, etc., something, something, non-Western narrative traditions, whatever, OK.
—Book Marks
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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Reuters, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
After Moscow launched a war against Ukraine, broke with the West, and pivoted toward non-Western audiences, Putin firmly embraced civilizational discourse, which is now official policy and a mainstay of presidential speeches and even schoolbooks.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Here, influences from Cubism and non-Western art abound.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
And that a looser, messier, even seemingly incoherent set of choices with respect to point of view comes closer to the experience of consciousness, etc., something, something, non-Western narrative traditions, whatever, OK.
—Book Marks
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
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“Non-Western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Western. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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