Westphalian

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
   not-comparable
2. Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
   not-comparable
3. Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Then comes the imperative necessity of eating smoked Westphalian ham for breakfast: this is on the principle that imitation is the most delicate flattery.”

“The long stagnation and despotism under the Chinese world order⟳ in East Asia before the late 19th century are thus pretentiously repackaged as China's alternative to the Western-dominated, Westphalian system of international relations.”

CEFR level