What does "occidentosis" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "occidentosis"?

Common synonyms include: westoxification.

Occidentosis

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun

1
An increase in social inequality that occurs when the widespread adoption of Western technology results in job losses and factory owners gaining wealth. dated, rare, uncountable
"When a factory rapidly producing cloth opened in the village, many people lost their jobs from the resulting occidentosis."

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westoxification

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

Etymology

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

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