They are all what others have called "tribes with flags" - not real countries in the Western sense.

Political democracy in the Western sense was more or less nonexistent.

There is no middle name in the Western sense.

In the Western sense, there has been no coverage at all.

His markets don't act much like markets, at least not in the Western sense.

"A housing market in the Western sense depends on elementary freedom of movement," he said.

It is seldom realistic or naturalistic in the Western sense.

Until fairly recently, in fact, they weren't considered art in the Western sense.

Despite its frenzied pace of sales, it was hardly a business in the Western sense.

On the debit side, political democracy in the Western sense was more or less nonexistent.