(n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the past AfD has tried to distance itself from the anti-immigrant, anti-Islamic campaign group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident (Pegida) which, like Petry, originated in Dresden.
(2) Following the report of a case of costal echinococcosis, a review of the published literature showed that 32 identical cases have been the subject of publications in the Occident.
(3) The first observation in Occident of "eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (Ofuji)" is reported.
(4) Peace is sought through self-harmony in the orient, but through social harmony in the occident.
(5) The word was conveyed to us by another monk of the egyptian deserts, Jean Cassien, with a change of meaning which made it very difficult to distinguish from sadness: his audience being very different from his predecessor's, as he wrote for Latins, little inclined to anachoretic life but among which developed the first great coenobitic institutions of the Occident.
(6) During the Roman Empire of Occident (Byzantine Empire), Oribasius, Aurelianus Caelius, Moschion and above all Aetius and Paul of Aegina wrote many works which were many times plagiarized.
(7) Thus can observe the denial of lineage in the Far East, but in the occident we can experience instead the idea of surmounting our self so as to be god or now to experience the omnipotence in form of technical ideas, e.g.
(8) Relative or absolute Mg deficiency, which is likely in the Occident where the Mg intake is commonly marginal, can militate against optimal therapeutic bone response, Mg being important for normal bone structure, and can increase the risk of adverse effects.
(9) The report also follows a sharpening in the far-right tone at rallies by the anti-immigrant movement Pegida, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident, where on Monday night a speaker issued a veiled appeal for concentration camps to be put into operation again.
(10) The meaning of suicide and homicide is also discussed, and their use as indicators, together with data on occident rate, is suggested.
(11) Deaf-muteness is a major handicap in the Occident because it brings on many disorders in the child's nerve plexus.
(12) The average IgM titer among the four groups is higher than the one found in the Occident.
Occidental
Definition:
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
(a.) Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the majority of cases the intelligence is preserved, which comprises the classic "occidental" (type 1) form.
(2) At the beginning of his career, Moreno as Freud, found himself in a transcultural position which allowed him to better observe the "classical occidental individual" captive of his stereotypal "Tinned culture".
(3) Oriental populations differed in that the scatter in red cell enzyme activity was significantly lower than in Occidental populations.
(4) These findings suggest the existence of an intermediate form of CMD between the Fukuyama type of CMD and the classical occidental type of CMD.
(5) A controlled field trial of the effectiveness of various doses of cholera El Tor vaccine was organized in Negros Occidental Province, an area of endemic cholera in the Philippines, in 1966 and 1967, on 359 600 volunteers.
(6) On a no treatment trial, a group of 24 oriental subjects rated cold pressor pain as significantly more painful and distressing than did a group of 24 occidental subjects.
(7) The median and mean age were significantly higher in the Occidental Jewish group.
(8) Its creative power and its primateship for the word is clarified by a selection of examples from oriental and occidental cultures.
(9) Incidence and mortality data on breast cancer in females from various Occidental (Western) and Japanese populations were analyzed.
(10) Occidental contributed only $25,000 in 2011, $12,500 in 2012 and $2,500 in 2013,” the board wrote.
(11) Authors present a prospective study of 130 cases of Mediterranean spotted fever treated between 1983 and 1985 in two Departments of Paediatrics of the Valles Occidental, area near Barcelona.
(12) According to our clinical observations from various aspects of stroke patients, such as the total incidence of aphasia, the incidence of aphasia after left brain damage of the dextrals, the aphasia that occurs in patients without hemiplegia, and the types of aphasia, a much higher incidence of crossed aphasia is seen among the stroke patients of the Han (the largest ethnic group in China) as compared with the Uighur-Kazaks (U-K) in China and the Occidentals documented in the literature.
(13) The remaining 12 Orientals and 12 Occidentals served as no treatment controls on trial 2.
(14) The signet-ring cell carcinoma of the bladder is a rare variant of mucus-producing vesical adenocarcinoma: sixteen cases have been reported in the Occidental and two other cases in Japanese literature.
(15) By photographing lesser known Occidental 15th to 18th century rare books on pulse readings from the New York Academy of Medicine and the Philadelphia College of Physicians and Surgeons, a clearer understanding of Oriental influences to Occidental cardio-vascular understanding is apparent.
(16) Far Eastern culture is based on the clan whereas occidental culture is based on the self.
(17) The author scrutinizes a text taken from the law of Justinian, 553 A. D., which assigns the Jews a place in the occidental-Christian system of thought.
(18) Earlier this month, shareholders overcame management opposition to similar proposals at Occidental Petroleum and PPL, a large utility holding company, and passed resolutions forcing the companies to more clearly explain how climate change could affect their businesses.
(19) From May 1964 to December 1965, a controlled field trial of the effectiveness of cholera and cholera El Tor vaccines was conducted in Negros Occidental, Philippines.
(20) These two cases are compared with 116 cases previously published in the occidental medical literature and with five histomorphometric studies demonstrating increased bone trabecula volume (BTV).