Other Word Forms
- exoticist noun
Etymology
Origin of exoticism
Example Sentences
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Such awareness lends a subtle metafictional framework to the novel, a hint of cautionary skepticism about its releases into fantasy and brushes with exoticism.
The temptation to frame Buddhist art that way is surely a function of the religion’s unfamiliarity, its “exoticism,” except in shallow pop culture terms.
From Los Angeles Times
Given that a digital camera is now in most every pocket, queer photography’s bracing fusion of the personal and the exotic is pretty threadbare, since exoticism no longer applies to being queer in American life.
From Los Angeles Times
Cady, the protagonist of “Mean Girls,” was raised and homeschooled in Africa, lending her a whiff of exoticism compared to most of the student body at North Shore High School.
From Salon
Mostly, she is there because it strategically isolates the character, limits her choices and gives the movie a dank whiff of Old World exoticism.
From New York Times
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