noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the conversion of something into a more exotic form
2. 2
   the representation of something ordinary as being exotic
3. 3
   the act of romanticizing elements of something, like a culture, that is foreign to oneself

Etymology

From exotic + -ization.

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