How to Use exoticism in a Sentence

exoticism

noun
Definition of exoticismnext
  • For Waldie, this means seeing the city on its own terms rather than as the expression of a false exoticism.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Thibaudet and Dutoit brought out the exoticism like no one before them.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Losing their mystique and exoticism along the way, no doubt.
    — National Geographic, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The other, less-common approach was to emphasize the Old World exoticism of the artists.
    — Tim Gray, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022
  • There's no trace of her Asian background or even the exoticism that frequently played a role in her image as a movie star.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Why did the mind that later turned stone into water bind this lush exoticism with such strong edges?
    — Kenyon Gradert, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
  • This is how exoticism functions: Flip a coin and our food can be occult poison or a magic cure.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 26 May 2020
  • Our day was full of romance—not hearts and flowers, but exoticism and excitement.
    — Ashley Mateo and Kaitlin Menza, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2017
  • Artichokes possess a certain glamour, to be sure, and a whiff of exoticism, too.
    — Gail Monaghan, WSJ, 11 May 2017
  • The main knock on the Turbo S is that its relatively everyday looks don't match the exoticism of its performance (and, okay, its price).
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Ray’s most overtly ethnographic work, the movie flirts with a sort of simpering exoticism.
    — J. Hoberman, New York Times, 28 July 2017
  • Every moment of the little boy’s journey rings true - not an instant of exoticism - and as a result his plight touches us all.
    — Salman Rushdie, VanityFair.com, 21 Feb. 2017
  • That exoticism reflects Venice’s glory days as a seafaring empire whose trade routes linked East and West.
    — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
  • At the same time, a certain exoticism was always a crucial ingredient of Pauline’s renown.
    — Ian Bostridge, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2020
  • At the same time, a certain exoticism was always a crucial ingredient of Pauline’s renown.
    — Ian Bostridge, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
  • Performed in front of a largely white audience on Sunday afternoon, this was still a brand of exoticism.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
  • There have been recent calls to retire this branding, which implies an exoticism and othering of non-western scents.
    — Alaina Demopoulos, Allure, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The exoticism of raccoons has spurred an arms race among cafe owners looking to lure patrons jaded by the thousands of dog and cat cafes that began opening in Seoul and other Asian cities two decades ago.
    — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2018
  • Part of this has to do with the charming exoticism of her old-time world with its winking artifice and cinematic allusions.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Tribal clans are lovingly shot, never one-note lumps of exoticism.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • These weary-looking palm trees, their exoticism strikingly out of place, have clearly seen happier times.
    — 1843, 25 June 2019
  • The craze for exoticism in the decorative arts reached a fever pitch; textiles were littered with pagodas and conical hats catering to growing tastes for Japonism.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 June 2018
  • For decades, Bollywood movies, at least when they were released here, had an undeniable exoticism.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Jan. 2023
  • If overt eroticism tended to be downplayed in Mexican painting, exoticism was a selling point.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • But as with all exoticism, there’s a strange tug of war between condescension and appreciation in these kinds of borrowings.
    — Adrian Daub, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2021
  • In early versions of the game, food was used simply to satisfy Hunger, one of a handful of basic needs that every character has, or to add an element of exoticism when Sims traveled to new locales.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The 1912 proved my favorite, with a spicy exoticism reminiscent of pomegranate, hibiscus and cracked pepper.
    — Bryce Wiatrak, SFChronicle.com, 15 May 2018
  • To see culture, history, and the arts as more than sources of beauty, exoticism, and nostalgia, but to use them as tools that help the audiences navigate the challenges of contemporary America.
    — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Given this aim, the emphasis falls, almost unavoidably, on the exotic, and for the nonprofessional audience exoticism is a big part of the appeal.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
  • He’s lauded for translating the color, energy, and exoticism of the Ballets Russes into fashion.
    — Vogue, 30 Jan. 2018

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