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What does exoticization mean?

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Noun
  1. the conversion of something into a more exotic form
  2. the representation of something ordinary as being exotic
  3. the act of romanticizing elements of something, like a culture, that is foreign to oneself
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The movie's relentless, transparent exoticization of its subject matter seems disingenuous from the first frame.
The exoticization of the Orient was part of the discourse of orientalism governing European perspectives toward the East.
To reject the exoticization of Africa is to reject a whole world view carefully and painstakingly fabricated over centuries.

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