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orientalism

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11 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aeiilmnorstStarts with OEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations

Word origin

From French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”). In the sense “patronizing Western attitude” popularized by Edward Said's 1978 book Orientalism. Equivalent to Oriental + -ism.

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  • The Scriptural style and the Scriptural language are not meant for one age, but for all ages. Its orientalisms will grow in the west; its archaisms will be found still young in the nineteenth century.

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