orientalize

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

• 🇩🇪Veralteter Begriff, der bedeutet, etwas östlich zu prägen, mit Merkmalen des Orients oder östlicher Kulturen zu versehen, oft in kolonialem oder stereotypem Kontext verwendet.

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.

   🇩🇪orientalisieren

   Synonyme: stereotype

   Antonyme: occidentalizewesternize

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