Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

occidentotropism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-ci-den-totropism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).

Example Sentences

"A kind of occidentotropism ("Go West Young Man!") informs the films, conveying a thrusting purposiveness...: Red Sundown (1956), Union Pacific (1939), The Last Outpost (1935, 1951), Heaven's Gate (1959)."

Inflected Forms

occidentotropisms (plural)

Questions

What does occidentotropism mean?: An expression (sometimes a figure of speech) with an inclination toward western civilization (i.e. the occident).

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