Westernness
Euro-American cultural character
Westernness is the quality of being Western—having characteristics associated with Europe, North America, or their cultural traditions.
The term appears in discussions of cultural identity, globalization, or values: The film's Westernness showed in its individualist themes.
It can describe anything from political institutions to aesthetic sensibilities to ways of thinking.
Rule by the people
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- modernityBeing of present times
secularism · enlightenment · humanism · freedom · rationalism · constitutionalism · pluralism · egalitarianism
Cowboy skills competition
- lassoLooped rope for catching
- chapsProtective riding legwear
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- spursHeel-mounted riding prods
wrangler · corral · bronco · buckaroo · cattle · mustang · sheriff · outlaw
First to explore territory
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- wagon trainPioneers' covered convoy
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- settlersThose who establish homes
Oregon Trail · manifest destiny · trappers · fur trade · wilderness · prairie · frontiersman · trailblazer
democracy
Rule by the people
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
modernity · secularism · enlightenment · humanism · freedom · rationalism · constitutionalism · pluralism · egalitarianism · rule of law
rodeo
Cowboy skills competition
spurs · wrangler · corral · bronco · buckaroo · cattle · mustang · sheriff · outlaw · saloon
pioneers
First to explore territory
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- wagon trainPioneers' covered convoy
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
settlers · Oregon Trail · manifest destiny · trappers · fur trade · wilderness · prairie · frontiersman · trailblazer · expedition
WesternnessAsianness
Eastern continental identity
non-Western · Confucianism · Asian · Eastern philosophy · Far Eastern
Westernnesscommunism
Collective ownership system
socialist · Eastern Bloc · Maoism · Marxism · Soviet
Westernnesstraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
anti-modernism · nativism · decolonization · tribalism · post-colonialism
west, western, westerner, westerners, westerly, westernmost, westward, westwards, westernize