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Originally Posted by debaser
Oriental - Originating from the East.
If you don't choose to use it that way, good for you. The world is short on individuality these days.
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You should at least flesh it out appropriately. It deserves as much, and so do we:
oriental
• adjective of, from, or characteristic of the Far East.
• noun often offensive a person of Far Eastern descent.
— DERIVATIVES
orientalism noun orientalist noun orientalize (also
orientalise)
verb orientally adverb.
— USAGE The term oriental is now regarded as old-fashioned and potentially offensive as a term denoting people from the Far East. In US English, Asian is the standard accepted term in modern use; in British English, where Asian tends to denote people from the Indian subcontinent, specific terms such as Chinese or Japanese are more likely to be used.
Source: Compact Oxford English Dictionary.