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- verb To make
Oriental ; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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It was a determined purpose to Orientalize his empire.
A Short History of Russia Mary Platt Parmele 1877
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