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ORIENTALISM
Definition of ORIENTALISM
noun
The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East, especially in 19th century Europe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”). In the sense “patronizing Western attitude” popularized by Edward Said's 1978 book Orientalism. Equivalent to Oriental + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORIENTALISM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORIENTALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ORIENTALISM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ORIENTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ORIENTALISM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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