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Russian
Etymology
From за́падный (západnyj, “Western”) + -и́зм (-ízm, “-ism”). The term was introduced by a Soviet philosopher Alexander Zinoviev in 1995.
Pronunciation
Noun
западни́зм • (zapadnízm) m inan (genitive западни́зма, nominative plural западни́змы, genitive plural западни́змов)
- Westernism
2004, Alexander Zinoviev, Suprasociety ahead, page 115:Апологе́тика ча́стной со́бственности ста́ла важне́йшим элеме́нтом идеоло́гии западни́зма, а наси́льственное её навя́зывание бы́вшим коммунисти́ческим стра́нам ста́ло ору́дием насажде́ния за́падных поря́дков в э́тих стра́нах и подчине́ния их За́паду.- Apologétika částnoj sóbstvennosti stála važnéjšim eleméntom ideológii zapadnízma, a nasílʹstvennoje jejó navjázyvanije bývšim kommunistíčeskim stránam stálo orúdijem nasaždénija západnyx porjádkov v étix stránax i podčinénija ix Západu.
- The apologetics of private property has become an essential element of the ideology of Westernism, and its forcible imposition on former communist countries has become an instrument of imposing Western orders in these countries and subordinating them to the West.
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