Techno-orientalism

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Noun
  1. 1
    Use of Asian aesthetics and cultural elements in Western works of science fiction. uncountable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From techno- + orientalism.

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