oriental studies

1. 1.

   the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people

   SynonymsOrientalism

   Broaderhumanistic discipline

Questions about oriental studies

What does oriental studies mean?

oriental studies means "the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people".

What is another word for oriental studies?

Close synonyms include Orientalism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oriental studies a common word?

oriental studies is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.