exoticism
noun
ex·ot·i·cism
ig-ˈzä-tə-ˌsi-zəm 
variants
or less commonly exotism
: the quality or state of being exotic
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Small moments like this feel like the show is trying to address what an American audience might expect from a fish-out-of-water story without indulging the instinct to revel in the exoticism of a foreign land.
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Jesse Raub, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
His construct of a post-civilization fable conveys a weird Down Under exoticism that, since such movies as Walkabout, Outback, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, and The True History of the Kelly Gang is probably linked to Australia’s penal-colony inferiority complex.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Marley won a following outside Jamaica, specifically among white sophomores who were drawn to his exoticism.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
There’s an exoticism that’s happening on both sides.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
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Jesse Raub, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
His construct of a post-civilization fable conveys a weird Down Under exoticism that, since such movies as Walkabout, Outback, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, and The True History of the Kelly Gang is probably linked to Australia’s penal-colony inferiority complex.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Marley won a following outside Jamaica, specifically among white sophomores who were drawn to his exoticism.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
There’s an exoticism that’s happening on both sides.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
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“Exoticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exoticism. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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