orientalise
verb as in strong fondness
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Example:The ancient Greek pottery shows a clear orientalising phase where they incorporated Middle Eastern patterns and designs.
Definition:The process or practice of orientalizing something by giving it a more eastern style or appearance.
Example:The recently renovated hotel has an orientalized interior with silk carpets and dragon motifs.
Definition:Something that has been given a more eastern style or appearance.
Example:The book explores how orientalism led to the exoticization and dehumanization of Middle Eastern cultures in Western literature and art.
Definition:The treatment of a country, culture, or people, especially by an East-West divide, as if they derive from an imaginary holistic and ancient system of belief or practice, and are therefore static, self-contained, and easily recognized. It can also refer to the academic study of those beliefs, practices, and other cultural elements.
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