Look up: orientalism

1. Orientalism
   O`ri·en'tal·ism noun [ Confer French orientalisme .] 1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people. 2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc. London Quart. Rev.
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2. Orientalism
   Oriental Studies noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
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3. orientalism
   noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; `orientalisms can be found in Mozart`s operas`
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4. Orientalism
   • (n.) Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc. • (n.) Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.
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5. Orientalism
   (from the article `David, Félicien-César`) composer whose music opened the door for the Oriental exoticism that was to become a fixture in French Romantic music.
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6. Orientalism
   (from the article `New Thought`) ...18th–19th-century German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, especially those concerning the external world, mental phenomena, and the nervous organism as ...
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7. Orientalism
   (from the article `Said, Edward`) Said was promoted to full professor in 1969, received his first of several endowed chairs in 1977, and in 1978 published Orientalism, his best-known ... ...place making involves not only creating an identity for one`s home area but also separate identities for those of other areas. Geographers have ... ...
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8. Orientalism
   `Orientalism` is a term used for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists, as well as having other meanings. In particular, `Orientalist painting`, depicting more specifically "the Middle East including North Africa", was one o...
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9. Orientalism
   (book)  `Orientalism` is a book published in 1978 by Edward Said that has been highly influential and controversial in postcolonial studies and other fields. In the book, Said effectively redefined the term "Orientalism" to mean a constellation of false assum...
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