Western
Of European tradition
Western as a capitalized adjective specifically denotes the cultural, political, and philosophical traditions associated with Europe and North America, often contrasted with Eastern civilizations: Western democracy, Western philosophy.
It also appears in proper names: the Western Hemisphere, Western Australia.
The capitalization signals a defined geopolitical or cultural identity rather than mere compass direction. (Lowercase western covers directional and genre uses.)
Half of a ball
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- occidentWestern regions collectively
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- AmericasWestern Hemisphere landmasses
Europe · Pacific · coastline · timezone · meridian · continental · seaboard
Doctrine of personal independence
- democracyRule by the people
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
modernity · Enlightenment · industrialization · Christianity · rationalism · pluralism · humanism · colonialism
Manufactured medicinal compound
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- surgicalRelating to operations
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
prescription · antibiotics · vaccination · hospital · specialist · conventional · mainstream · biomedical
hemisphere
Half of a ball
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- occidentWestern regions collectively
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
Americas · Europe · Pacific · coastline · timezone · meridian · continental · seaboard
individualism
Doctrine of personal independence
- democracyRule by the people
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
liberalism · modernity · Enlightenment · industrialization · Christianity · rationalism · pluralism · humanism · colonialism · globalization
pharmaceutical
Manufactured medicinal compound
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- surgicalRelating to operations
- evidence-basedSupported by verified data
diagnosis · prescription · antibiotics · vaccination · hospital · specialist · conventional · mainstream · biomedical
- place namesplace names, Peking, Beijing, place name, city names
- Sri LankaSri Lanka, Ceylon, Colombo, Sinhalese, Tamils
- GhanaAccra, Ashanti, Gold Coast, Central, Savannah
- Back to the FutureDeLorean, Doc Brown, Marty McFly, flux capacitor, time machine
- food originsAmerican, European, Asian, African, Mexican
- Geographic AdjectivesAmerican, Asian, African, European, Australian
Westerneastern
Toward the sunrise direction
easterly · oriental · eastward · northeastern · southeastern
WesternSoviet
Of the USSR
Eastern Bloc · non-Western · non-aligned · Chinese · Russian
Westernnon-Western
Outside European-American traditions
Asian · Middle Eastern · Far Eastern · Asiatic · African
- western attireFrontier-style dress
- western storiesFrontier-era adventure tales
- country westernAmerican roots music genre
- western movieFrontier-set film genre
- Western EuropeAtlantic-facing continental zone
- country and westernAmerican rural music style
Westernization, westerly, southwestern, westerner, northwestern, westerners, westernmost, westernize, westernized