exoticizationn.
/ᵻɡˌzɒtᵻsʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ɛɡˌzɒtᵻsʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ɪɡˌzɑdəsəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ɛɡˌzɑdəsəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ɪɡˌzɑdəˌsaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ɛɡˌzɑdəˌsaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or result of exoticize v.
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1982 E. H. Kim Asian Amer. Lit. 284 She recounts her refusal to accommodate exoticization of her Chinese heritage for the sake of acceptance by whites.
1996 Q Jan. 60/4 Tuna melt... Exoticisation of..rarebit with addition of locally-netted giant fish.
2002 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. ii. 40/4 To reject the exoticization of Africa is to reject a whole world view carefully and painstakingly fabricated over centuries.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1982- sense-given
- sense-group
- sense-history
- sense-idea
- sense-impression
- sense-linkage
- sense-making
- sense-material
- sense-percept
- sense-pleaser
- sense-ravishing
- sense-symbolism
- sense-world
- senseappearance
- senseassimilation
- sensebereaving
- sensebesotted
- sensebound
- sensebox
- sensecarrier
- sensechange
- senseconfusing
- senseconsciousness
- sensed
- sensedatum