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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Driven together by anti-Western grievance and their own parochial interests, China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia are creating substantial authoritarian scale.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
Cameron described Putin as deeply nationalistic, anti-Western and anti-democratic and said the Russian leader couldn’t be trusted.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Read: Putin is loving this At the time, Putin was not anti-Western.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
Cameron described Putin as deeply nationalistic, anti-Western and anti-democratic and said the Russian leader couldn’t be trusted.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Read: Putin is loving this At the time, Putin was not anti-Western.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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
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“Anti-Western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Western. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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