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Orientalism in a sentence

Orientalism meaning

  1. The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
  2. An Eastern word, expression, or custom.
  3. A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies.

Synonyms of Orientalism

oriental studies humanistic discipline humanities liberal arts arts quality

Related words

Other words often associated with Orientalism or its synonyms:

bailiwick field subject study discipline select character choice degree property prize level

Using Orientalism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East. | An Eastern word, expression, or custom. | A patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies.
  • Useful related words include: oriental studies, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts.
  • In the example corpus, orientalism often appears in combinations such as: orientalism is, of orientalism, orientalism in.

Context around Orientalism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

old 1× explored 1× irish 1× furthermore 1× book 1× portray 1×

Often after:

1978 1×

Sentence patterns with Orientalism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

128 irish orientalism had a 1× also explored orientalism in her 1× brand of orientalism they projected 1× comment on orientalism or if 1× furthermore orientalism is also 1× in which orientalism has taken 1× influence but orientalism and art 1× of old orientalism 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a particularly significant 1× beard and gloag 1× furthermore orientalism is 1× many practitioners take 1× orientalism and china 1× orientalism is also 1×

Common sentence endings:

also been used 1× and un apologetic 1× as historically correct 1× by the beatles 1× decades before said 1× fundamentalists in india 1×

Words around Orientalism

Just before it in the word index:

orientalis 7 orientales 4 orientale 3 oriental 323 orientable 10 orientability 2

Just after it in the word index:

orientalist 18 orientalists 4 orientalizing 4 orientals 3 orientate 2 orientated 58

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Orientalism

  • In this selection, "orientalism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, old, explored, irish and 1978 stand out and add context to how "orientalism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 128 irish orientalism had a and also explored orientalism in her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "orientalism" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with orientalism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Furthermore, Orientalism is also found within newer versions of ballets. (10 words)

The Orientalism at work in Hollywood is glaring and un-apologetic. (11 words)

Orientalism and China Quesnay is known for his writings on Chinese politics and society. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Orientalism is also traceable in music that is considered to have effects of exoticism, including the japonisme in Claude Debussy's piano music all the way to the sitar being used in recordings by The Beatles. (36 words)

Using a specific, "white nationalist" brand of Orientalism, they projected their fantasies about a racially pure society onto the Indian culture and in response received a warm welcome from Hindu fundamentalists in India. (33 words)

Beard and Gloag 2005, 128 Irish Orientalism had a particular character, drawing on various beliefs about early historical links between Ireland and the East, few of which are now regarded as historically correct. (33 words)

Example sentences (15)

The notion that a new Israeli of Palestinians can be forced down the throats of the western and the global public are both delusional and reek of centuries of old Orientalism.

The Orientalism at work in Hollywood is glaring and un-apologetic.

Using a specific, "white nationalist" brand of Orientalism, they projected their fantasies about a racially pure society onto the Indian culture and in response received a warm welcome from Hindu fundamentalists in India.

When we get to Shogun World, it’s hard to tell if the show means to comment on orientalism, or if it’s just showcasing samurai and geishas because they look cool.

A particularly significant development is the manner in which Orientalism has taken shape in non-Western cinema, as for instance in Hindi cinema.

As one of the pioneers of modern dance in America, Ruth St Denis also explored Orientalism in her dancing.

Beard and Gloag 2005, 128 Irish Orientalism had a particular character, drawing on various beliefs about early historical links between Ireland and the East, few of which are now regarded as historically correct.

Furthermore, Orientalism is also found within newer versions of ballets.

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Many practitioners take Edward Saïd 's book Orientalism (1978) as the theory's founding work (although French theorists such as Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon made similar claims decades before Said).

Orientalism and China Quesnay is known for his writings on Chinese politics and society.

Orientalism is also traceable in music that is considered to have effects of exoticism, including the japonisme in Claude Debussy's piano music all the way to the sitar being used in recordings by The Beatles.

The designs have a strong traditional Breton influence, but Orientalism and Art Deco have also been used.

These methods had already been used by Glinka and others to portray Orientalism in Russian music.

This is a highly readable, extremely well informed, and very comprehensive study of Orientalism with special reference to Sax Rohmer's contribution, with 60 illustrations, more than half of them in color.

Tromans, 19 Orientalism is argued to be used to make the East seem "less fearsome to the West".

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Common combinations with orientalism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "orientalism" in a sentence?
An example: "The notion that a new Israeli of Palestinians can be forced down the throats of the western and the global public are both delusional and reek of centuries of old Orientalism." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "orientalism" from authentic English texts.
What does "orientalism" mean?
Orientalism means: The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
What are synonyms of "orientalism"?
Common synonyms of "orientalism" include: oriental studies, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts, quality.
How many example sentences with "orientalism" are there?
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