Westernism

== English == === Etymology === From Western +‎ -ism. The Russian ideology is a calque of Russian за́падничество (západničestvo). === Noun === Westernism (uncountable) The ideology and culture of the West. Synonym: Occidentalism (historical) An 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government. Coordinate term: Slavophilism ==== Translations ====