orientalism

== English == === Alternative forms === Orientalism === Etymology === From French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”). Equivalent to Oriental +‎ -ism. === Noun === orientalism (countable and uncountable, plural orientalisms) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === eliminators, misrelation, normalities, relationism == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French orientalisme. Equivalent to oriental +‎ -ism. === Noun === orientalism n (uncountable) orientalism ==== Declension ====