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Synonyms for Occident:
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n.
• location • new world • occident Other relevant words:
- Occidentals ,
- W ,
- Westness ,
- continent ,
- degree ,
- down under ,
- due west ,
- eastland ,
- hemisphere ,
- landmass ,
- north ,
- northeast ,
- northward ,
- northwest ,
- region ,
- south ,
- southeast ,
- southward ,
- southwest ,
- sunrise ,
- sunset ,
- wester ,
- western ,
- western countries ,
- westerner ,
- westerns ,
- wests ,
- westward ,
- wolfram ,
- world .
- west .
What are the hypernyms for Occident?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
sunset, west, western hemisphere, Western World, land of the setting sun.
What are the meronyms for Occident?
Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.
meronyms for occident (as nouns)
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location
europe, South America, North America.
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location
Usage examples for Occident
The spiritual isolation of an Oriental at his prayers in any big city of the Far East is the most significant feature of this life-so alien to all the mental, moral, and religious training of the occident.
"The Critic in the Orient"
"All lovely as Nature herself," answered Mr. Markland, abstractedly, as his eyes sought the western horizon, and for the first time since the sun went down, he noticed the golden glories of the occident.
"The Good Time Coming"
Mr. Forman was incensed at this careless phrase on the Pacific liners, and he investigated the work of our missionaries when he was in the Orient, and he came to the decision that they are worth more to America, even from that selfish standpoint, than all the ambassadors that we have sent over, because they are, in their crossing and recrossing, weaving a Fabric of Friendship between the Orient and the occident; between the nations of the East and those of the West; between the white peoples and the brown peoples; in spite of the diplomatic differences and yellow newspapers in the United States and Japan.
"Flash-lights from the Seven Seas"
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