exoticisms

Noun

exoticism (usually uncountable, plural exoticisms)

1. (usually) The state of being exotic.
   • For all the exoticism of the images, they possess a phenomenal immediacy and even contemporaneity.2004 January 25, Mark Feeney, “A piece of Asia's past, in living color”, in The Boston Globe

   Synonyms:

   exoticness, exoticity, exotism

2. (usually) Something exotic.
   • Chinese restaurants, now dotting this peninsula like azaleas at Cypress Gardens, have introduced thousands of us Occidentals to the delights of moo goo gai pan. As a result, attempts to produce such exoticisms in our own homes have multiplied.1985 February 14, Jane Nickerson, “Chinese New Year”, in The Ledger
3. (usually) A word changed in spelling or pronunciation to look or sound more exotic or foreign.
   • The English pronunciations of Beijing and Chumash with French-like j and ch are exoticisms, as is the spelling T'Sou-ke for the original Anglicization Sooke.