exoticism
[ ig-zot-uh-siz-uhm ]
Origin of exoticism
1- Also ex·o·tism [eg-zuh-tiz-uhm, ek-suh-]. /ˈɛg zəˌtɪz əm, ˈɛk sə-/.
Other words from exoticism
- ex·ot·i·cist, noun
Words Nearby exoticism
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How to use exoticism in a sentence
The exoticism of food wasn’t something sociologist and NYU food studies professor Krishnendu Ray devoted much time to early in his career.
Every day, he says, New York offers up some new surprise or exoticism.
Making It in the 2-1-2: How Kenneth Walsh Achieved His NY Dream | Tim Teeman | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe collection was described by the house as a form of modern exoticism.
“The exoticism of the model is supposed to be the story but it ends up being nothing,” said New Yorker writer Hilton Als.
The island, a wonderfully clever thing, attained by artificiality a sort of strange exoticism which almost intoxicated Charmian.
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