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Noun: Western civilization
  1. The modern culture of western Europe and North America
    "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea"
    - Western culture, Western civilisation [Brit]

Derived forms: Western civilizations

Type of: civilisation [Brit], civilization, culture

Encyclopedia: Western civilization

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