Meanings
orientalize1
present singular third person orientalizes · participle present orientalizing · participle past orientalized · past orientalized
- Alternative letter-case form of Orientalize.
Orientalize2
present singular third person Orientalizes · participle present Orientalizing · participle past Orientalized · past Orientalized · alternative Orientalise · alternative orientalize · alternative orientalise
- To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
But had Persia triumphed on sea and land, and held its conquest in the fifth century, Greece had been orientalized.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 91
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Vietnamese Á Đông hóa, Đông Á hóa
- Á Đông hóato make Oriental
- Đông Á hóato make Oriental
Cite this entry
orientalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orientalize
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