Orientalize

See also: orientalize

English

Alternative forms

• Orientalise (non-Oxford British spelling)
• orientalize (alternative capitalization, North American and Oxford British spelling), orientalise (alternative capitalization, non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From Oriental +‎ -ize.

Verb

Orientalize (third-person singular simple present Orientalizes, present participle Orientalizing, simple past and past participle Orientalized)

1. To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

Translations

to make Oriental

• Vietnamese: Á Đông hóa, Đông Á hóa

References

• “Orientalize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.