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Westernizer en · NOUN

Etymology

From westernize + -er.

Meanings

1. (historical) A member of a group of 19th-century intellectuals who believed that Russia's development depended upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
   • In both the works mentioned above Plekhanov showed himself to be an extreme Westernizer, as he remained throughout his life. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 335:

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Translations (7)

ru за́падник (Supporter of 19th century ideology) · uk за́хідник (Supporter of 19th century ideology) · fr occidentaliste (Supporter of 19th century ideology) · sv zapadnik (Supporter of 19th century ideology) · be захо́днік (Supporter of 19th century ideology) · de Westler (Supporter of 19th century ideology) · cs západník (Supporter of 19th century ideology)