Definition of ORIENTALIST. Meaning of ORIENTALIST. Synonyms of ORIENTALIST

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Definition of ORIENTALIST

Orientalist
Orientalist O`ri*en"tal*ist, n. [Cf. F. orientaliste.] 1. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental. 2. One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists. --Sir J. Shore.

Meaning of ORIENTALIST from wikipedia

- Look up orientalist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orientalist may refer to: A scholar of Oriental studies A person or thing relating to the Western...
- "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle East, was one of the many specialties...
- on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects...
- tied to the imperialist societies that produced it, which makes much Orientalist work inherently political and servile to power. According to Said, in...
- Generations of scholars in Islamic studies, most of whom studied with Orientalist mentors, helped bridge the gap between Orientalism and Religious studies...
- Neo-orientalism is a category of modern incarnations of Orientalist thinking. The term Neo-orientalism is generally found in academic literature to critique...
- An Orientalist depiction of cunnilingus by Achille Devéria...
- The Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete de pɛ̃tʁ ɔʁjɑ̃talist fʁɑ̃sɛ]; "Orientalist French Painters Society") was...
- Jacobs 2017, p. 274: "In fact Buber also shared the common European Orientalist perspective, by which the local Arabs did not really have a national...
- The International Congress of Orientalists, initiated in Paris in 1873, was an international conference of Orientalists (initially mostly scholars from...