orientalize

• Verbe désignant l'action de donner à quelque chose ou à quelqu'un des caractéristiques associées à l'Orient ou aux cultures orientales, souvent de manière stéréotypée ou dans un contexte colonial.

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

1. Make Oriental in characterC2formal

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

   Orientaliser

   • 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.

   Synonymesstereotype

   Antonymesoccidentalizewesternize