orientalism
noun 4
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2ADJ.
wonderful
ORIENTALISM + NOUN
sci-fi
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noun
1
The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
2
An Eastern word, expression, or custom.
3
A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies.
noun
1
Alternative form of orientalism.
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A university thesis describes the "Orientalism" that imbues sci-fi in the West.
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To all of this new, strange music, Liszt and Chopin added the wonderful tracery of orientalism.
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