exoticism

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Such awareness lends a subtle metafictional framework to the novel, a hint of cautionary skepticism about its releases into fantasy and brushes with exoticism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

This reminds you of the setting’s exoticism and complements the slow-boiling sense of peril, including the obvious unease building in the characters’ head space.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

The discourse is often celebratory, leverages on exoticism and promotes "pop nationalism": a new form of soft power marketed in the form of pop culture.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

But charges of cultural appropriation were leveled by critics who felt the spectacle of exoticism de-historicized sacred myths.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2022

They weren't rich, but what Hugh's family lacked financially they more than made up for with the sort of exoticism that works wonders at cocktail parties, leading always to the remark "That sounds fascinating."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris