Difference between revisions of "Western world"
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[[File:Western_World_Latin_America_torn_countries.png|thumb|A depiction of the Western world based on the work of Samuel P. Huntington.]] |
[[File:Western_World_Latin_America_torn_countries.png|thumb|A depiction of the Western world based on the work of Samuel P. Huntington.]] |
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| − | The [[Western world]], also known as '''the West''' |
+ | The [[Western world]], also known as '''the West''' or '''Western civilisation''', primarily refers to countries in Western Europe and countries where a majority of the population descend from Western Europeans. An exception is Latin America which represents a distinct culture despite Spain and Portugal being Western nations. The term has been in use in English since the Middle Ages and was originally used to mean Europe exclusively. |
| + | Western countries are consistently wealthier and more politically stable than non-Western nations. |
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| − | By the Middle Ages, Europeans began to use ''West'' to describe Europe. Since the eighteenth century, following European exploration, the word was used to indicate the regions of the world with European settlements. In contemporary times, countries that are considered to constitute the West vary according to perspective rather than their geographical location. Countries like Australia and New Zealand, located in the Eastern Hemisphere are included in modern definitions of the Western world, as these regions and others like them have been significantly influenced by the British—derived from colonization, and immigration of Europeans—factors that grounded such countries to the West. |
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+ | Starting in the 1960s the West has experienced a series of demographic changes. The birth rate started to fall while global population was rising, immigration increased to compensate. In doing so these nations are defying global trends and continue to have a growing population. At around the same time western civilisation rejected the social mores of the Victorian era. Starting around the same time [[misandry]] became normalised in the West. |
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Latest revision as of 08:27, 28 August 2024
The Western world, also known as the West or Western civilisation, primarily refers to countries in Western Europe and countries where a majority of the population descend from Western Europeans. An exception is Latin America which represents a distinct culture despite Spain and Portugal being Western nations. The term has been in use in English since the Middle Ages and was originally used to mean Europe exclusively.
Western countries are consistently wealthier and more politically stable than non-Western nations.
Starting in the 1960s the West has experienced a series of demographic changes. The birth rate started to fall while global population was rising, immigration increased to compensate. In doing so these nations are defying global trends and continue to have a growing population. At around the same time western civilisation rejected the social mores of the Victorian era. Starting around the same time misandry became normalised in the West.
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