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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His anti-Western militancy is so intense that the U.S. and the European Union have both placed sanctions on him.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News star now moonlighting as an anti-Western online provocateur, traveled to Romania in 2023 just to interview the influencer during his house arrest.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Estrangement between members of BRICS and the G-7 only sweetens Russia’s appeals for an anti-Western bloc, so preventing further alienation will be key.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2025
The Iranian regime spent decades building the Axis of Resistance, a coalition of anti-Western militias that extended Tehran’s influence deep into the Arab world.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News star now moonlighting as an anti-Western online provocateur, traveled to Romania in 2023 just to interview the influencer during his house arrest.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Estrangement between members of BRICS and the G-7 only sweetens Russia’s appeals for an anti-Western bloc, so preventing further alienation will be key.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2025
The Iranian regime spent decades building the Axis of Resistance, a coalition of anti-Western militias that extended Tehran’s influence deep into the Arab world.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Anti-Western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Western. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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