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occidentosis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An increase in social inequality that occurs when the widespread adoption of Western technology results in job losses and factory owners gaining wealth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, rare, uncountable

Examples

  • When a factory rapidly producing cloth opened in the village, many people lost their jobs from the resulting occidentosis.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From occident (“west”) + -osis; calque of Iranian Persian غربزدگی (ġarb-zadegi).