Orientalism vs liberal arts

Orientalism and liberal arts both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Orientalism	Yes	No	No	No
liberal arts	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, liberal arts is a hypernym of Orientalism; that is, liberal arts is a word with a broader meaning than Orientalism:

Orientalism: the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
liberal arts: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of Orientalism include arts, humanistic discipline, humanities.

Orientalism (noun)	liberal arts (noun)
the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)