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单词 orientality
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orientalityn.

Brit. /ˈɔːrɪəntalᵻti/, /ˈɒrɪəntalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɔriənˈtælədi/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oriental adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < oriental adj. + -ity suffix. Compare slightly later occidentality n.
1. Chiefly Astrology. Visibility of a celestial object, esp. a planet, in the eastern part of the sky or before sunrise. Obsolete.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > [noun] > state of being visible > before sunrise
orientality1646
the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [noun] > region, zone > east > state of being in
orientality1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vii. 308 The Sunne..hath no power nor efficacie peculiar from its orientality . View more context for this quotation
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 145 Their [sc. the Planets'] Orientality or Occidentality in respect of the Sun.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. (at cited word) Orientality is generally meant with respect to the ☉.
2. Oriental style or character.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of specific region > [noun] > eastern people > eastern style, character, or quality
orientalism1747
orientality1761
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xii. 62 There is an orientality in his [curses], we cannot rise up to.
1890 Longman's Mag. July 292 The scene [was] most striking in its thorough Orientality.
1927 Jrnl. Philos. 24 496 Everything east of Suez may form a class of terms called ‘orientals’ and may be said to have common property of orientality; but no one would maintain seriously that there was a property, orientality, resident in all orientals.
1981 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 23 538 Thus every discrete study of one bit of Oriental material would also confirm in a summary way the profound Orientality of the material.
2001 Art in Amer. (Nexis) 89 30 The exhibition aimed to counter ‘Western-centricism’ with a healthy mix of self-realizing ‘Orientality’ and eclectic globalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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