Occident (noun)
oks-ee-dent
The countries of the West, especially Europe and America.
Contrasted with orient
Late Middle English via Old French from Latin occident- ‘going down, setting’, from the verb occidere.
Example sentences
“The Occident acts like a mirror, reflecting its trends on the rest of the world.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
