orientalisme
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.lism/, /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.lizm/
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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
Descendants
- → Turkish: oryantalizm
Further reading
- “orientalisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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