orientalize

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

• 🇪🇸Verbo que significa dar a algo características del Oriente o de las culturas orientales, a menudo usado en contextos coloniales o estereotipados, o estilizarlo según una imagen orientalizante.

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.

   🇪🇸Orientalizar

   Sinónimos: stereotype

   Antónimos: occidentalizewesternize

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