ORIENTALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does orientalize mean? • ORIENTALIZE (verb)
The verb ORIENTALIZE has 1 sense:
1. make oriental in character
Familiarity information: ORIENTALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORIENTALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Make oriental in character
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
orientalise; orientalize
Context example:
orientalize your garden
Hypernyms (to "orientalize" 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:
occidentalize (make western in character)
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