orientalize

An obsolete verb meaning to make something characteristic of the Orient or Eastern cultures, often used in a colonial or stereotypical context.

• 🌐فعل قديم يعني إضفاء سمات الشرق أو الثقافات الشرقية على شيء ما، ويُستعمل غالبًا في سياق استعماري أو نمطي.

1. Make Oriental in character C2 formal

   To give something an Eastern or Asian style, quality, or character, often in a stereotypical or simplified way.

   • The architect orientalized the garden by adding pagodas and bamboo.
   • The film was criticized for orientalizing its characters.
   • He tried to orientalize the interior design with silk and lanterns.

   🌐جعل الشيء شرقياً

   المرادفات: stereotype

   الأضداد: occidentalizewesternize

• orientalized past participle
• orientalized past simple
• orientalizing present participle
• orientalizes third person singular