Synonym: Asian, Oriental, oriental person. Antonym: Occidental. Similar words: orientalist, orientation, disorientate, disorientation, orient, reorient, oriented, disorient. Meaning: [‚ɔːrɪ'entl] n. a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans). adj. denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java.
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61, A couple of very good oriental rugs were pools of subdued colour on the polished wood floor.
62, Oriental culture is a subaltern culture, conceived through the very process of its subjugation and subordination to the universal culture.
63, In oriental philosophy and religion many devices like the mandala are used for the mind to meditate upon.
64, There, during the war, the Allies were caught up in a jumble of intrigue, political romanticism and oriental exoticism.
65, She had persuaded an Oriental sweatshop to supply her with winter wear in bulk.
66, I remember gasping when I first walked in: the artwork, the oriental rugs, the wood-burning fireplace.
67, Demonstrators whoop and holler as colleagues receive gifts ... a Tupperware colander ... an Oriental rug.
68, An oriental girl dressed as a matador wrenched off her domino and threw herself at me.
69, The foot soldiers, however, did not benefit from looted oriental mail, or from the Western revolution in home manufacture.
70, His larger-than-life statue with its slightly oriental cast of features serves as a warning that you are approaching the junk food area.
71, In addition to their underlying similarities of character and appearance, oriental rugs are also defined by the manner in which they are made.
72, He rejected a career in Munich, preferring to use his skill, he hoped, to impress oriental rulers.
73, The Oriental Collection and the new crochet cotton are now available from Madeira stockists and good craft shops throughout the country.
74, Certainly, he seem airily exotic with his cropped hair and face like an oriental cherub.
75, Popular, privately owned century-old hotel, awash with oriental rugs, rich mahogany, walnut panelling and other Victoriana.
76, A delicate oriental nurse washed my feet with antiseptic and chatted while the locally injected anaesthetic took effect.
77, The carpet is a figment of the imagination: an oriental pattern of light and shadow projected on the floor.
78, Oriental cats in general seem to be more likely to indulge - and Siamese cats in particular.
79, Stumbling forward blindly,[http://sentencedict.com/oriental.html] he tried to recall the route the oriental had taken him after his capture on his previous visit.
80, Most oriental codes deal with legal matters only: morals and religion belong elsewhere.
81, Doyle was looking at the shop which sold oriental bits and pieces.
82, The body of the murdered oriental had been discovered when the Prophet's private suite had been forcibly entered and searched.
83, Qiu Zihua is the pathbreaker of oriental aesthetics.
84, He has oriental blood in his veins.
85, "Four-letter word for Oriental female servant, " Debbie said.
86, Stylization is a common feature of classical oriental opera.
87, They maintain a very powerful fleet in Oriental waters.
88, China is an oriental country with a long history.
89, The generality of the Oriental manner is very conservative.
90, The most detail behavior ethogram of adult and nestling of captive Oriental white stork was recorded.
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