exoticismn.
/ɛɡˈzɒtɪsɪz(ə)m/ (a) Tendency to adopt what is exotic or foreign. (b) Exotic character; an instance of this, anything exotic; esp. a foreign idiom or expression.
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1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 641 Academic forcing houses for the promotion of exoticism.
1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 324 The Greek original..is tainted with many exoticisms and other defects.
1887 F. Robinson New Religio Med. 31 An opposite extreme, tending to exoticism.
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