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Of the West, to take in aspects of the East; pertaining to the representational tendency orientalism.
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Usage: dated
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A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: architecture, art, arts, literature, media, publishing
Examples
- 1684, George Bright, preface to The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D. Which is rendred somewhat more probable by that very learned Orientalist Dr. Pocok, who tells us the Arabick verb Hausch answering to the Hebrew חיש signifies three things, viz. to hast, to fear, to be ashamed.
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Alternative letter-case form of orientalist.
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a specialist in oriental subjects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: specialist, specializer, specialiser
Etymology tree English oriental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English orientalist From oriental + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُسْتَشْرِق
(mustašriq)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Armenian:
արեւելագետ
(arewelaget)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Azerbaijani:
şərqşünas
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Catalan:
orientalista
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Czech:
orientalista
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Danish:
orientalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Finnish:
orientalisti
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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French:
orientaliste
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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German:
Orientalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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German:
Orientalistin
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Hindi:
प्राच्यविद्
(prācyavid)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Hindi:
प्राच्यविद्याविद्
(prācyavidyāvid)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Hindi:
प्राच्यवेत्ता
(prācyavettā)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Hungarian:
orientalista
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Italian:
orientalista
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Norwegian Bokmål:
orientalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
orientalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Persian:
شرقشناس
(šarq-šenâs)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Portuguese:
orientalista
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Romanian:
orientalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Russian:
востокове́д
(vostokovéd)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Russian:
восто́чник
(vostóčnik)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Spanish:
orientalista
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Swedish:
orientalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Tajik:
шарқшинос
(šarqšinos)
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Turkish:
oryantalist
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Turkish:
şarkiyatçı
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Turkish:
doğubilimci
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
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Uzbek:
sharqshunos
— a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient
