English Explanatory Dictionary

occidentosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An increase in social inequality that occurs when the widespread adoption of Western technology results in job losses and factory owners gaining wealth.

Word forms

occidentosis

Etymology

From occident (“west”) + -osis; calque of Iranian Persian غربزدگی (ġarb-zadegi).

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