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westernism definition

west·ern·ism (wes′tərn iz′əm)

noun

  1. a custom, practice, etc. peculiar to a western region
  2. ☆ a word, phrase, custom, etc. originating in or peculiar to the western U.S.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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