: one who favors occidental culture.

What is an example of Occidentalism?

Occidentalism is the stereotyping of Western culture by non-Westerners. ... Example: Many cultures in the Middle East continue to view Westerners as Crusaders; violent ideologists who try and claim the land and the souls of those living in places such as Palestine, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.

What is opposite to Orientalism?

Occidentalism is often a counterpart to the term orientalism as used by Edward Said in his book of that title, which refers to and identifies Western stereotypes of the Eastern world, the Orient. ...