Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Orientalism"
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.
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