the West

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civilizational sphere cultural concept geopolitical concept

The West is a broad cultural and geopolitical concept typically referring to Western Europe and regions influenced by European civilization, such as North America and parts of Oceania, often associated with ideas of modernity, democracy, and capitalism.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
the West canonical 8
Western world 4
Occident 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civilizational sphere ⓘ
cultural concept ⓘ
geopolitical concept ⓘ
alsoKnownAs the West ⓘ
surface form: the Occident

the West ⓘ
surface form: the Western world
associatedWith European Union ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
Western art ⓘ
Western culture ⓘ
Western media ⓘ
Western philosophy ⓘ
Western science ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
colonial history ⓘ
human rights discourse ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
market economy ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
contrastsWith the East ⓘ
the East ⓘ
surface form: the Orient
hasCoreRegion Western Europe ⓘ
hasDebatedDefinition cultural boundaries ⓘ
geographical scope ⓘ
political membership ⓘ
hasEconomicSystem capitalism ⓘ
mixed economy ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment

Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasMajorReligion Christianity ⓘ
secular or non-religious worldviews ⓘ
hasPoliticalValue constitutionalism ⓘ
representative democracy ⓘ
includesRegion Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
influencedBy Christianity ⓘ
European Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment thought

Western civilization ⓘ
surface form: European civilization

Greco-Roman heritage ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Children of Atlas → associatedWith → the West ⓘ
Hesperia → associatedWith → the West ⓘ
Asterope → associatedWith → the West ⓘ
the East → contrastedWith → the West ⓘ
the East → hasConceptualOpposite → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Occident
Modern Social Imaginaries → focusesOnRegion → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western world
Hesperis → associatedWith → the West ⓘ
the West → alsoKnownAs → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Western world
the West → alsoKnownAs → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Occident
Harad → opposes → the West ⓘ
Rhun → contrastedWith → the West ⓘ
subject surface form: Rhûn
Western canon → hasOrigin → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western world
The West and the Rest → focusesOnRegion → the West ⓘ
Christendom → historicallyAssociatedWith → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western world
Sadaat-e-Amroha → diaspora → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western countries
The Silver Lotus → hasMainSettingCulture → the West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western world