orientalism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orientalism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for orientalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orientalism n the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people Synonym(s): Orientalism, Oriental Studies the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; "orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orientalism \O`rien"talism\, n. [Cf. F. orientalisme.] 1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people. 2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc. --London Quart. Rev.