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Orientalist

American  
[awr-ee-en-tuhl-ist] / ˌɔr iˈɛn təlˌɪst /

adjective

  1. showing or relating to Orientalism.


noun

  1. a person who studies the languages, literature, etc., of Asia, especially Eastern Asia.

  2. a person who holds exoticizing or stereotypical views of Asia and its peoples or cultures.

Example Sentences

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Don’t we want to push past the “we-they,” “self and other” discourses characteristic of the Western-dominated centuries — the Orientalist centuries, we might say?

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2019

In this respect, the adventurer and Orientalist Richard Francis Burton was an exception.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2019

This Orientalist potboiler may be known chiefly for the sweeping tenor aria “Nessun dorma,” but this season its leading ladies are the draws.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2019

In his Nice period paintings, when he was most under the influence of Manet, he painted and drew models in Orientalist modes.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2018

Cosquin has also traced it to Ceylon, Orientalist, 1884, p.

From Europa's Fairy Book by Batten, John Dickson