occidental
1 of 2adjective
oc·ci·den·tal ˌäk-sə-ˈden-tᵊl 
often capitalized
1
: of, relating to, or situated in the Occident : western
2
: of or relating to Occidentals
occidentally adverb
Occidental
2 of 2noun
: a member of one of the occidental peoples
especially : a person of European ancestry
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2022 Its bad guys are clearly the sadistic British imperialists, easily read as occidental occupiers who must be overthrown as well as stand-ins for a host of other IRL colonial powers on other continents, in other centuries. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2022 So what happened to those occidental Celts in those four hundred years? Fintan O’toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2019
Adjective
Whenever Chinese interests were represented in some important conference or a Chinese was in difficulty in some misunderstanding of occidental customs, Tom played a helpful role. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2022 Its bad guys are clearly the sadistic British imperialists, easily read as occidental occupiers who must be overthrown as well as stand-ins for a host of other IRL colonial powers on other continents, in other centuries. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2022 So what happened to those occidental Celts in those four hundred years? Fintan O’toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2019 Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin occidentālis, from occident-, occidens occident + -ālis -al entry 1
Noun
borrowed from Medieval Latin occidentālis, noun derivative of Latin occidentālis, adjective, occidental
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
circa 1538, in the meaning defined above