orientalize

Questions about orientalize

What does orientalize mean?

orientalize means "make oriental in character".

How many syllables are in orientalize?

orientalize has 4 syllables and divides as o-rien-ta-lize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for orientalize?

Close synonyms include orientalise. 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.

What is the opposite of orientalize?

The recorded antonyms are occidentalize.

Is orientalize a common word?

orientalize 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.