Defenition of the word oriental

• Defenition of the word oriental

  • Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the orient.
  • denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian' is preferred to `Oriental'"; "Asian ancestry"
  • a member of an Oriental race
  • denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; "Oriental politeness"; "for people of South and East Asian ancestry the term `Asian'' is preferred to `
  • a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
  • denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia

Synonyms for the word oriental

• • Asian
  • Oriental
  • oriental person

Similar words in the oriental

• • eastern

Meronymys for the word oriental

• • Mongolian race
  • Mongoloid race
  • Yellow race

Hyponyms for the word oriental

• • Evenki
  • Ewenki
  • gook
  • Mongol
  • Mongolian
  • slant-eye
  • yellow man
  • yellow woman

Hypernyms for the word oriental

• • Asian
  • Asiatic

Antonyms for the word oriental

• • occidental

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