occident

Speech parts

1. occident - Noun

2. Occident - Proper noun

Meaning

The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

west western hemisphere Western countries New World east north western occidental atlantic Europe America degree northeast hemisphere sunset
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Antonyms

orient east asian oriental Asia eastern
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Hypernyms

hemisphere

Related terms

occidental

Anagrams

incocted

Examples

We of the Occident are about to arrive at a crossroads that was reached by the thinkers of India some seven hundred years before Christ. This is the real reason, why we become both vexed and stimulated, uneasy and yet interested, when confronted with the concepts and images of Oriental wisdom. Heinrich Robert Zimmer

A bilingual (Latin text with French translation) was published by Sources Chrétiennes (no. 63; Textes Monastiques d' Occident, III) in 1959. Source: Internet

Civil society organizations like The High Atlas Foundation and Orient Occident Foundation provide them with basic foodstuffs such as rice, oil, sugar, and basic medicines. Source: Internet

In 1872, Muybridge settled Stanford's question with a single photographic negative showing his Standardbred trotting horse Occident airborne at the trot. Source: Internet

Could it be an artifact of the differences in social norms between the Orient and the Occident? Source: Internet

The Emperor then questioned Sugiyama about the chances of success of an open war with the Occident. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

occecation occhio occhiolism occidental Occidental Mindoro occidentalise