What is another word for orientalist?

Pronunciation: [ˌɔːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪst] (IPA)

Orientalist is a term that is often associated with negative connotations as it refers to individuals who study and romanticize the cultures and people of the East through a Western lens, often perpetuating stereotypes and exoticizing them. Synonyms for this word include Easternist, Asiaphile, and Orientalologist. These terms also carry the same connotations and have been used in similar contexts. To avoid exoticizing or essentializing cultures, some scholars now prefer using terms such as Middle East studies, Central Asian studies, or South Asian studies to refer to specific regions without generalizing or romanticizing the whole of the Eastern world.

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Usage examples for Orientalist

I described the device, introducing two triangles, do you remember, which appeared on the cards, to a chap at the club who is rather a learned orientalist, and he assured me that, so far as he could judge from my description, it corresponded with that of the supposed seal of Solomon.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
In this way are contrasted the views of the general ethnologist, with those of the special orientalist, in respect to the great and difficult question of Indian antiquity.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Professor Sayce, the eminent orientalist of Oxford, England, tells us that Malta contains Phoenician antiquities of a kind found nowhere else, and he pronounces the sanctuaries of the Giant's Tower, in Gozo, together with its companion ruin in the larger island, absolutely unique.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou

Related words: orientalism, orientalism in literature, orientalism in philosophy, orientalist, orientalist painting, orientalist theory

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