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orientalist

Pronunciation: /ˌɔɹiˈɛntəlɪst/

The English word “orientalist” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of the West, to take in aspects of the East; pertaining to the representational tendency orientalism.

noun

  1. A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.

Etymology

From oriental + -ist.

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