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exoticism|ɛgˈzɒtɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. exotic a. + -ism.]
a. Tendency to adopt what is exotic or foreign.
b. Exotic character; an instance of this, anything exotic; esp. a foreign idiom or expression.
1827Hare Guesses (1859) 503 The Greek original..is tainted with many exoticisms and other defects. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 641 Academic forcing houses for the promotion of exoticism. 1887F. Robinson New Relig. Med. 31 An opposite extreme, tending to exoticism. |