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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The theory had the backing of First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Alexey Zhuravlyov, who is known for his anti-Western rhetoric.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently demanded that India stop buying oil from Russia and leave the intergovernmental group BRICS, even though Delhi has helped keep Beijing and Moscow from turning it into an anti-Western organization.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
On September 11, 2001, 19 Islamist hijackers working for Osama Bin Ladin and his Al Qaeda anti-Western terrorist organization seized control of four U.S. airliners.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
While neither China nor India is willing to enter into a direct confrontation with the West, both are happy to see Russia pushing an anti-Western agenda.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently demanded that India stop buying oil from Russia and leave the intergovernmental group BRICS, even though Delhi has helped keep Beijing and Moscow from turning it into an anti-Western organization.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
On September 11, 2001, 19 Islamist hijackers working for Osama Bin Ladin and his Al Qaeda anti-Western terrorist organization seized control of four U.S. airliners.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
While neither China nor India is willing to enter into a direct confrontation with the West, both are happy to see Russia pushing an anti-Western agenda.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-Western
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“Anti-Western.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Western. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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