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

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

References
  • Orientalize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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