ORIENTALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orientalise mean? 

• ORIENTALISE (verb)
  The verb ORIENTALISE has 1 sense:

1. make oriental in character

  Familiarity information: ORIENTALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIENTALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they orientalise    ... he / she / it orientalises   
Past simple: orientalised   
Past participle: orientalised   
-ing form: orientalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make oriental in character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

orientalise; orientalize

Context example:

orientalize your garden

Hypernyms (to "orientalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

occidentalise (make western in character)