Orientalize

especially British, O·ri·en·tal·ise

[awr-ee-en-tl-ahyz, ohr-]

verb (used with or without object)

(often lowercase)

Orientalized, Orientalizing 

1. to make or become Asian, especially East Asian.

Orientalize

/ ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make, become, or treat as Oriental

Other Word Forms

• Orientalization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Orientalize¹

First recorded in 1815–25; oriental + -ize

Example Sentences

And sudden international interest in Turkish art, many suggest, can tempt artists to Orientalize themselves, to make their art explicitly “Turkish” from a Western perspective, in response to the needs of the market.

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He did not want Daniel to orientalize himself to any marked extent: he wished him to take his place in the English and Continental society of the Residency.

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Rama's efforts to Orientalize Europe's recent social and intellectual history are puzzling.

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It was a determined purpose to Orientalize his empire.

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She died like a soldier, on duty and at her post, bravely defending the social and political traditions of the Roman aristocracy and the time-honored principles of Romanism against the influx of those new forces of a later age which were seeking to orientalize the ancient Latin republic.

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