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What is The Oriental?Adjective meaning "east" Oriental rugs come from Persia The Oriental - videoThe Oriental - what is it?Exoticization or fetishization of East Asian culture. The disease that asiaphiles suffer from. The honky suffers from Orientalism. What does "The Oriental" mean?Can describe EITHER people or things as being from Asia. Many Americans will heatedly argue that only objects are oriental, and to call a person an oriental is now considered racist. They tell you to call them Asian or, if applicable, Asian American. But what most Americans don't know is that in the UK a person from East Asia is considered oriental, and South Asians are the ones designated as Asian. It's a relative term. UK Person: Look at those Oriental people over there. The Oriental - what does it mean?a word that simply means "eastern". It refers to anything or anyone from the "East". "Oriental" was first applied mainly to Mesopotamia, Persia and maybe India because those lands were east of the Roman Empire. Later on ancient China was found to be more than a myth and so the previous "Orient" became known as the "Near" or "Middle" East and East Asia was now tagged as the "Orient" or the "Far East". Because of the geography the term "Oriental" came to be applied to the cultural aspects, the peoples and other things from the "Far East". Of course, "Western" is used to refer to anything or anyone from Europe, North America and such. 1. "Oriental" is a term generally applied to the "race"/ethnicities that inhabit the region from Myanmar (formerly Burma) all the way to Korea and Japan. It's a term referring to geography ("East") and is not an offensive or slur word. Some politically correct people in America think it is but I've known some Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese and others from the Orient in college and they do not find the word to be offensive at all. The Oriental - meaningThe word is supposed to be "orient." I'm not sure why people think orientate is the word, but it sounds like something dumb people make up to sound intelligent. They need to orient themselves with the English language. I went to orientation to become orientated. The Oriental - definitionPolitically incorrect term used in place of "Asian." Correct usage should be an adjective for things like inanimate objects, not humans. Correct usage: There's an Oriental rug store on Derbe Drive. The Oriental - slangStudy of Asian or Eastern history, culture, and people, from a Western perspective. Orientalism is historically an expression of the curiosity of an imperialistic mindset, though this is becoming less so. The OrientalOrienteering is a running sport involving navigation with a map and compass. I'm going orienteering today. The Orientalone who charts the physical whereabouts of asians or acts as a divinator of things asian. i'm looking for a thai restaurant. is there an orienteer in the house? The OrientalThe illiterate way to say "oriented." While technically a word, you sound like a moron when you say it. Annoying used car huckster in Phoenix, heard recently on the radio: "We're customer orientated..." |
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