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ORIENTALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orientalist mean? 

ORIENTALIST (noun)
  The noun ORIENTALIST has 1 sense:

1. a specialist in oriental subjectsplay

  Familiarity information: ORIENTALIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORIENTALIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A specialist in oriental subjects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("orientalist" is a kind of...):

specialiser; specialist; specializer (an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning)

Derivation:

orientalism (the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations)

Orientalism (the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people)


 Context examples 


Idleness had ever been irksome to me, and now that I wished to fly from reflection, and hated my former studies, I felt great relief in being the fellow-pupil with my friend, and found not only instruction but consolation in the works of the orientalists.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)



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