exoticism

exoticism
exoticist, n.
/ig zot"euh siz'euhm/, n.
1. tendency to adopt what is exotic.
2. exotic quality or character.
3. anything exotic, as a foreign word or idiom.
Also, exotism /eg"zeuh tiz'euhm, ek"seuh-/.
[1820-30; EXOTIC + -ISM]

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