Western society may refer to:

• Western culture, a term used to refer to the cultures of people of European origin and their descendants. Western culture (sometimes equated with Western Civilization) are terms which are used to refer to Cultures of European origin
• Western world, countries whose dominant culture is derived from European culture, such as the countries of the Americas and most of Oceania. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings

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