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Orientalism
[ awr-ee-en-tl-iz-uhm, ohr- ]
noun
- a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- the character or characteristics of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- the knowledge and study of Asian, especially Eastern languages, literature, etc.
Orientalism
/ ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- knowledge of or devotion to the Orient
- an Oriental quality, style, or trait
Derived Forms
- ˌOriˌentalˈistic, adjective
- ˌOriˈentalist, noun
Other Words From
- Ori·ental·ist noun
- anti-Ori·ental·ism noun
- anti-Ori·ental·ist noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Orientalism1
Example Sentences
The last section, “Orientalism,” is exquisite and gilded, with golden-hued floral wallpaper.
To the study of Edward Said, her father, whose book Orientalism remains the treatise for Western misconceptions about the East.
Brad Gooch on how the ghost of Edward Said's 'Orientalism' haunts the work.
Orientalism was the equivalent of an academic beach book during in the summer of 1979—a “cult bible,” says Warner.
Suffused with the Slavonic spirit and its tincture of Orientalism, the importation assumed a character of its own.
The savagery as well as the orientalism of the Russians comes out in a curious way in their ecclesiastical architecture.
One would think that the way to obtain patronage of a person would be to praise him, but this would be considered an orientalism.
As a philosopher he is to be classed among the Platonists, yet with a predominance of the prevailing Orientalism.
In all these views of Plotinus the tincture of Orientalism predominates; the principles and practices are altogether Indian.
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