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Orientalist may refer to:
  • A scholar of Oriental studies
    Oriental studies
    Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...

  • A person or thing relating to the Western intellectual or artistic paradigm known as Orientalism
    Orientalism
    Orientalism is a term used for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers, designers and artists, as well as having other meanings...

    (as in 'an Orientalist painting' or 'painter')