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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)
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