orientalism
Glossary term
/ˌɔː.riˈen.tə.lɪ.zəm/
The East as furnishing fabric for the Western imagination. Also useful when one’s hypocrisy requires an ashram.
Appears in
- Helix Folt, the Conservative chapters:
From the books (1 passage)
…Ran away to India to find himself in an ashram, the rascal. So predictable, the orientalism. The much-trodden path of hypocrisy. Not that she was in any position to preach.