Definition of Occident

Occasional

OCCIDENT noun

	The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call 'war' and 'commerce.' These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Ocean

Regular definition:

OCCIDENT:
??ks?d?nt n. poet. or rhet. 1 (prec. by the) the West. 2 western Europe. 3 Europe, America, or both, as distinct from the Orient. 4 European in contrast to Oriental civilization. [ME f. OF f. L occidens -entis setting, sunset, west (as OCCASION)]

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