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Orientalism

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Noun

1. oriental studies, orientalism

the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people

2. orientalism

the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations

Example Sentences:
'orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Orientalism

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noun
1. 
knowledge of or devotion to the Orient
2. 
an Oriental quality, style, or trait

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Orientalism

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noun
1. 
any trait, quality, mannerism, etc. usually associated with people of the East
2. 
the study of Eastern culture
3. 
a viewpoint, as held by someone in the West, in which Asia or specif. the Arabic Middle East is seen variously as exotic, mysterious, irrational, etc.
term used to impute a patronizing attitude

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Orientalism

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n.
1. Often Offensive A quality, mannerism, or custom specific to or characteristic of the Orient.
2. Scholarly study of Asian cultures and languages, especially by Westerners.
3. The adoption by Western artists of decorative elements evoking Asian or North African cultures.

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