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11 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
originFrom French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”). In the sense “patronizing Western attitude” popularized by Edward Said's 1978 book Orientalism. Equivalent to Oriental + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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