Westoxification
n.— «The Iranian government, in the words of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has condemned both “Westoxification and Eastoxification.”» —“New Soviet Links to Iran” by Don A. Schance in Tehran Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 1980. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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