orientalisme

== French == === Etymology === From oriental +‎ -isme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.lism/ ~ /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.lizm/ === Noun === orientalisme m (plural orientalismes) orientalism (tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East) Oriental studies (academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology) ==== Related terms ==== orientaliste ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: oryantalizm === Further reading === “orientalisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012