Orientalize
Orientalize · Orientalizes · Orientalized · Orientalizing
To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditionsTo make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
make oriental in character
Origin
From Oriental + -ize.From Oriental + -ize.
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Forms
Orientalizes, Orientalizing, Orientalized, Orientalized| Base form | Orientalize · to Orientalize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | Orientalizes |
| Present participle | Orientalizing |
| Past simple | Orientalized |
| Past participle | Orientalized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- make oriental in character:orientalise
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.