exoticization

noun — 3 senses

exoticization

noun

Etymology From exotic + -ization.

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

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