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
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
Bernard KalbExamples of anti-Western in a Sentence
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Russian media particularly hones in on anticolonial, anti-Western narratives that can feel particularly salient in markets that have been deeply impacted by Western imperialism.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
And the anti-Western posturing of Georgian Dream, along with the country’s controversial foreign agent law, directly mirrors President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on domestic political opposition in neighboring Russia.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
The relationship is about more than agreeing on anti-Western ideology.
—NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
In the aftermath of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has needed to strengthen its relationship with anti-Western allies, not least to expand its ammunition supply market.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
And the anti-Western posturing of Georgian Dream, along with the country’s controversial foreign agent law, directly mirrors President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on domestic political opposition in neighboring Russia.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
The relationship is about more than agreeing on anti-Western ideology.
—NBC News, 12 Oct. 2024
In the aftermath of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has needed to strengthen its relationship with anti-Western allies, not least to expand its ammunition supply market.
—Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Anti-Western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Western. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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