O|ri|en|tal|ism

O|ri|en|tal|ism
O|ri|en|tal|ism or o|ri|en|tal|ism «AWR ee UHN tuh lihz uhm, OHR-», noun.
1. a) Oriental character or characteristics: »

To Eastern ears this may seem about as exotic as Rimsky-Korsakov's orientalism is to our own (Harper's).

b) an Oriental mode of thought or expression.
2. the knowledge or study of Oriental languages, literature, and culture.

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