techno-orientalism

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English

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Etymology

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techno- +‎ orientalism.

Noun

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techno-orientalism (uncountable)

  1. (science fiction) Use of Asian aesthetics and cultural elements in Western works.
    Hypernym: orientalism
    • 2020 December 8, George Yang, “Orientalism, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction”, in Wired‎[1], →ISSN:
      The origins of the cyberpunk genre involve Western anxieties about the East. Techno-orientalism is the use of Asian aesthetics in cyberpunk, futuristic, and dystopian settings.
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