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Complete Definition of "orientalism"

English

Etymology
From the french word orientalisme.

Noun
orientalism

  1. In the figurative arts, the tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.

Translations

orientalism

Arabic: الاستشراق.
Italian: orientalismo.

Category:French derivations

te:orientalism
vi:orientalism

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