单词 | sinesian |
释义 | Sinesianadj. Of or relating to the peoples of East Asia, when viewed as constituting a single racial or cultural group with China at its centre.Not in established use after the early 20th cent. Occasional later examples have a more restricted reference to Chinese-speaking countries (e.g. in quot. 2018). ΚΠ 1873 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 511 The Great Pagoda..is the only vestige of this Sinesian garden folly of the seventeenth century now remaining. 1899 Eng. Hist. Rev. Apr. 226 A remarkable fact in the history of Sinesian civilisation. 1905 Athenæum 16 Sept. 361/2 Now, through Japan, the West has made a definite breach in Sinesian exclusiveness. 2018 Canad. Public Admin. 60 118 In regions with countries with close cultural, linguistic or historical linkages, for example.., the Sinesian World (e.g., cross-institutionally between all Chinese-speaking nations). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1873 |
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