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Meaning of ORIENTALISM

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Orientalism
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.

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\O`ri*en"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. orientalisme.]
1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar
   to Oriental people.
2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history,
   literature, etc. --London Quart. Rev.
 
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