exoticization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the conversion of something into a more exotic form
  2. the representation of something ordinary as being exotic
  3. the act of romanticizing elements of something, like a culture, that is foreign to oneself

Word forms

exoticization exoticizations

Etymology

From exotic + -ization.

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