westernizer — westernize (also westernise) ► VERB ▪ bring or come under the influence of the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe and North America. DERIVATIVES westernization noun westernizer noun … English terms dictionary
westernizer — noun see westernize … New Collegiate Dictionary
Westernizer — ▪ Russian intellectual Russian Zapadnik, in 19th century Russia, especially in the 1840s and 50s, one of the intellectuals who emphasized Russia s common historic destiny with the West, as opposed to Slavophiles (Slavophile), who believed … Universalium
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
westernize — verb ( ized; izing) Usage: often capitalized Date: 1837 transitive verb to imbue with qualities native to or associated with a western region and especially the noncommunist countries of Europe and America intransitive verb to become westernized… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kazimir Malevich — Self Portrait, 1912 Birth name Kazimir Severinovich Malevich Born 23 February … Wikipedia
Herbert Spencer — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption =Herbert Spencer name =Herbert Spencer birth =27 April, 1820 death =8 December, 1903 school tradition = Evolutionism,… … Wikipedia
Vissarion Belinsky — Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky ( ru. Виссарион Григорьевич Белинский) (OldStyleDate|June 11|1811|May 30 – OldStyleDate|June 7|1848|May 26) was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. He was an associate of Alexander Herzen, Mikhail… … Wikipedia
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Nikolai Leskov — Portrait of Leskov by Valentin Serov, 1894 Born February 16, 1831(1831 02 16) Oryol, Russia Died March 5, 1 … Wikipedia
