exoticism

noun

ex·ot·i·cism ig-ˈzä-tə-ˌsi-zəm

variants or less commonly exotism

ˈeg-zə-ˌti-zəm

ˈek-sə-

: 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for exoticism