"orientalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: orientalisms [plural]
Etymology: From French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”). Equivalent to Oriental + -ism. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|orientalisme}} French orientalisme, {{m|fr|oriental|t=eastern, Oriental}} oriental (“eastern, Oriental”), {{suffix|en|Oriental|ism}} Oriental + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} orientalism (countable and uncountable, plural orientalisms)
  1. (art, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture, Art, Literature Translations (the tendency to represent eastern subjects): اِسْتِشْراق (istišrāq) [masculine] (Arabic), 東方主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 东方主义 (dōngfāngzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), orientalismi (Finnish), itämaalaisuus (Finnish), orientalisme [masculine] (French), Orientalismus [masculine] (German), प्राच्यवाद (prācyavād) [masculine] (Hindi), orientalizmus (Hungarian), oirthearachas [masculine] (Irish), orientalismo (Italian), オリエンタリズム (orientarizumu) (Japanese), 오리엔탈리즘 (orientallijeum) (Korean), faham ketimuran (Malay), faham orientalis (Malay), orientalisme (Malay), خاورگرایی (xâvargarâyi) (Persian), orientalizm [masculine] (Polish), orientalismo [masculine] (Portuguese), orientalism [neuter] (Romanian), ориентали́зм (orijentalízm) [masculine] (Russian), orientalismo [masculine] (Spanish), oryantalizm (Turkish), орієнталі́зм (orijentalízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), اِسْتِشْراق (istiśrāq) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-orientalism-en-noun-R4-wkiMS Topics: architecture, art, arts, literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'the tendency to represent eastern subjects': 65 15 20
  2. An Eastern word, expression, or custom. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-orientalism-en-noun-q7kMjtdq
  3. (postcolonialism) A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Culture Categories (place): Asia
    Sense id: en-orientalism-en-noun-i34uDsuR Disambiguation of Culture: 20 0 80 Disambiguation of Asia: 42 0 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 81 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 12 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 11 8 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Orientalism Derived forms: techno-orientalism

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