orientalism

English

Etymology

From French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”).

Noun

orientalism (countable and uncountable, plural orientalisms)

  1. In the figurative arts, the tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
  2. An Eastern word, expression, or custom.

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