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orientalism

orientalism


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orientalism  \O`ri*en"tal*ism\,  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.