orientalisme
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: oryantalizm
Further reading edit
- “orientalisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.