Gharbzadegi (Persian: غربزدگی) or Occidentosis is a Persian-origin term translated among other ways as 'Westoxification' or 'West-struck-ness'. The concept describes an unquestioned imitation by Eastern cultures of Western appearance, behavior (particularly consumerism and materialism), modes of reasoning and expression with an insufficient intellectual understanding thereof.
Gharbzadegi (Persian: غربزدگی) or Occidentosis is a Persian-origin term translated among other ways as 'Westoxification' or 'West-struck-ness'. The concept describes an unquestioned imitation by Eastern cultures of Western appearance, behavior (particularly consumerism and materialism), modes of reasoning and expression with an insufficient intellectual understanding thereof.
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