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  • verb To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

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Oriental +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • Murakami loves contradictions, however, and is still likely to bust out the 職人 thing when he needs to be mystically Japanese for a Western audience someone needs to photoshop up a picture of Murakami with a “Will Self-Orientalize for Food” t-shirt on and then turn right around and bust out the magical anime simulacrum pomodern thing for the right audience.

    Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Infiniti Brand Journey: Flower Robotics pre-interview 2010

  • And let us not Orientalize the Palestinian people: I hate those who have been waiting for an event in order to wash their hands off the Palestinian cause.

    Monday, June 18, 2007 As'ad 2007

  • It was a determined purpose to Orientalize his empire.

    A Short History of Russia Mary Platt Parmele 1877

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