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Definition of Orientalize
1. Verb. Make oriental in character. "Orientalize your garden"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Antonyms: Occidentalise, Occidentalize
Definition of Orientalize
1. v. t. to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
Definition of Orientalize
1. Verb. To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orientalize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orientalize
Literary usage of Orientalize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This may be regarded as another attempt to orientalize the empire, such as the
dynasty of Heraclius and others before had previously made. ..."
2. The Panama Canal by Frederic Jennings Haskin (1913)
"Canal was the wildest orgy of modern times, the last attempt to Orientalize a
commercial undertaking of the Age of Steam and Steel. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1860)
"We say that architects must dis- orientalize themselves ; and though they cannot
turn up new styles, as our friends over the Channel turn up new ..."
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