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cold war iinounThe ongoing tensions between the United States of America alongside its European allies and the Russian Federation since the mid-2010s and especially since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022; sometimes called the new US–Russian Cold War.
third-worldistnoun(politics) One who engages in Third-Worldism.
third-worldismnoun(politics) The socialist practice of supporting Third-World countries, especially in their struggle for liberation from colonial powers
free worldnoun(literally) Those who are free (not incarcerated, institutionalized, etc.) collectively.
westernismnounSomething that is characteristic of the western part of a region.
third world warnounWorld War III
west-centrismnounAlternative spelling of Westcentrism. [The practice of viewing the world from a Western perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of Western culture.]
old leftnoun(politics) The pre-1960s left wing in the Western world, typically having a vanguardist approach to social justice and focusing mainly on labor unionization and questions of social class.
cold warnoun(historical) The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991.
third worldnoun(sometimes derogatory) developing countries, especially that of Africa, Asia and Latin America
third-worldizationnoun(politics) The conversion of a nation into a Third-World nation.
wilsonistnounA proponent of Wilsonianism (style of foreign policy).
occidentalistnounA person who favours Western ideas or customs.
old rightnoun(US, historical) A conservative political faction in the United States that opposed both New Deal domestic programs and US entry into World War II.
westcentrismnounThe practice of viewing the world from a Western perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of Western culture.
antiwesternismnounAn ideological, cultural, and political trend opposing Western cultural and political influences.
wilsonismnounAlternative form of Wilsonianism. [An approach to foreign policy typical of US president Woodrow Wilson, characterized by the spread of capitalist democracy and an emphasis on openness, conflict resolution, and the self-determination of peoples.]
ostpolitiknounThe policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union.
westernizernoun(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.
eurocommunismnounAn ideological trend within various Western European communist parties in the 1970s and 1980s; a form of communism less aligned with Soviet communism and allegedly more relevant to Western European social conditions.

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