"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, {{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 /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': 63 16 21
  2. An Eastern word, expression, or custom. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (postcolonialism) A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Culture Categories (place): Asia
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Orientalism Derived forms: techno-orientalism

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Orientalismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "prācyavād",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्राच्यवाद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "orientalizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oirthearachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "orientalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "orientarizumu",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "オリエンタリズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "orientallijeum",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "오리엔탈리즘"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "faham ketimuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "faham orientalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "orientalisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâvargarâyi",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "خاورگرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orientalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orientalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "orientalism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orijentalízm",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ориентали́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orientalismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "oryantalizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "orijentalízm",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "орієнталі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "istiśrāq",
      "sense": "the tendency to represent eastern subjects",
      "word": "اِسْتِشْراق"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "orientalism"
  ],
  "word": "orientalism"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: postcolonialism",
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "orientalism",
  "trace": ""
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: postcolonialism",
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