| 单词 |
orientalism |
| 释义 |
oriˈentalism [f. oriental a. + -ism.] Oriental character, style, or quality; the characteristics, modes of thought or expression, fashions, etc. of Eastern nations; with pl. an oriental trait or idiom.
1769Holdsworth On Virgil 265 There are frequent instances of the very same orientalism in Homer. 1774Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1775) I. i. 17 Dragons are a sure mark of orientalism. 1807F. Wrangham Serm. Transl. Script. 25 The sublime orientalisms of Job. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. xlix. 123 The Orientalism which had pervaded the court. 1877Owen Wellesley's Desp. p. xliv, The beauty of the style, unimpaired..by the amalgam of infusible Orientalisms. b. Oriental scholarship; knowledge of Eastern languages.
1811Byron Ch. Har. ii. note, Mr. Thornton's frequent hints of profound Orientalism. |

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