западничество

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Etymology edit

за́пад (západ) +‎ -ник (-nik) +‎ -ество (-estvo), since the 1840s.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈzapədʲnʲɪt͡ɕɪstvə]

Noun edit

за́падничество (západničestvon anim (genitive за́падничества, nominative plural за́падничества, genitive plural за́падничеств)

  1. (historical) Westernism, a 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
    Coordinate term: славянофи́льство (slavjanofílʹstvo)

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References edit

  • западничество in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru