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exotism

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ex⋅ot⋅i⋅cism

  [ig-zot-uh-siz-uhm]
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–noun
1. tendency to adopt what is exotic.
2. exotic quality or character.
3. anything exotic, as a foreign word or idiom.
Also, ex⋅o⋅tism  [eg-zuh-tiz-uhm, ek-suh-] .

Origin:
1820–30; exotic + -ism

Related forms:
ex⋅ot⋅i⋅cist, noun
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exotism

noun
the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt" [syn: exoticism] 
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