Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The state of being exotic.

    Exotik

    экзоти́чностьekzotíčnostʹ

    the quality of being exotic

  2. (uncountable, usually)Something exotic.

    Exot

    экзо́тикаekzótika

  3. (uncountable, 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.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The streets are filled with an air of exoticism.

    ruУлицы наполнены атмосферой экзотики.

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  2. Marika's half-European, half-Asian Finnish looks convey a sense of exoticism and cultural richness.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the state of being exotic:
something exotic:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the state of being exotic:
something exotic:

Forms

plural: exoticisms
Singularexoticism

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
state of being exotic:exoticnessexoticityexotism
made falsely exotic:hyperforeignism
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exoticism — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto