exoticism noun3 •The state of being exotic.For all the exoticism of the images, they possess a phenomenal immediacy and even contemporaneity. — 2004 •Something exotic. •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. formsexoticisms