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occidental
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun occidental has 2 senses
- occidental(n = noun.person) Array - a native inhabitant of the Occident; Array is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
- occidental(n = noun.communication) Array - an artificial language; Array is a kind of artificial language
Derived form adjective occidental1
Adjective occidental has 1 sense
- occidental(s = adj.all) hesperian - denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture" Derived forms noun occident1, noun occidental1
CIDE DICTIONARY
occidental, a. [L. occidentalis; cf. F. occidental.].
- Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to
oriental ; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet. [1913 Webster] - Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
occidental, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of the Occident.
2 western.
3 of Western nations.
--n. (Occidental) a native of the Occident.
--adj.
1 of the Occident.
2 western.
3 of Western nations.
--n. (Occidental) a native of the Occident.
Derivative
occidentalism n. occidentalist n. occidentalize v.tr. (also -ise). occidentally adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF occidental or L occidentalis (as OCCIDENT)
THESAURUS
occidental
antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmostROGET THESAURUS
occidental
Laterality
N laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn.
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