antiwestern
Opposing frontier films
Antiwestern describes opposition or hostility to Western civilization, culture, values, or political influence—particularly that of Europe and North America.
The term appears in geopolitical contexts: antiwestern sentiment in the region, an antiwestern alliance.
It can also describe attitudes toward Western cultural exports like capitalism, secularism, or liberal democracy.
Also spelled anti-Western.
Devotion to one's country
- pan-AfricanismMovement for African unity
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
nonalignment · multipolarity · autarky · isolationism · protectionism · collectivism · traditionalism · Maoism
Study of imperial aftermath
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- neocolonialismIndirect foreign domination
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
subaltern · othering · ethnocentrism · westernization · exoticism · hegemony
Armed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
protest · boycott · dissent · struggle · separatism · activism · divestment
Originating in a region
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
native · vernacular · folklore · localism · nativism · traditionalist · Ubuntu
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- pan-AfricanismMovement for African unity
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
Marxism · nonalignment · multipolarity · autarky · isolationism · protectionism · collectivism · traditionalism · Maoism
postcolonialism
Study of imperial aftermath
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- neocolonialismIndirect foreign domination
decolonization · subaltern · othering · ethnocentrism · westernization · exoticism · hegemony
insurgency
Armed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
defiance · protest · boycott · dissent · struggle · separatism · activism · divestment
indigenous
Originating in a region
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
authenticity · native · vernacular · folklore · localism · nativism · traditionalist · Ubuntu
antiwesternAtlanticist
Transatlantic alliance proponent
pro-American · pro-European · Anglophile · cosmopolitan · globalist
west, western, westerner, westerners, westerns, westward, westwards, westerly, westernmost