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Orientalism

In the figurative arts, the tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.

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noun
  1. 1

    In the figurative arts, the tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.

  2. 2

    An Eastern word, expression, or custom.

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