orientalize
orientalize is the alternative letter-case form of Orientalize.
Verb capitalized: Orientalize
Orientalize (third-person singular simple present Orientalizes, present participle Orientalizing, simple past and past participle Orientalized)
- To make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
- But had Persia triumphed on sea and land, and held its conquest in the fifth century, Greece had been orientalized.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 91
Forms of orientalize
| third-person singular present | orientalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | orientalizing |
| past participle | orientalized |
| past | orientalized |
| third-person singular present | Orientalizes |
| present participle | Orientalizing |
| past participle | Orientalized |
| past | Orientalized |
| alternative form | Orientalise |
| alternative form | orientalize |
| alternative form | orientalise |
Origin of orientalize
From oriental + -ize.
From Oriental + -ize.
Questions about orientalize
- What does orientalize mean?
- Orientalize means to make Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.
- What is orientalize the alternative letter-case form of?
- Orientalize is the alternative letter-case form of Orientalize.
- What part of speech is orientalize?
- Orientalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of orientalize?
- The past tense of orientalize is orientalized.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: orientalize (page history and authors); Orientalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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