orientalism

IPA: ɔriˈɛntʌɫɪzʌm

noun

  • (art, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
  • An Eastern word, expression, or custom.
  • (postcolonialism) A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies.
  • Alternative form of orientalism [(art, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.]
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