The quality of being exotic; the distinctive foreign or unusual nature of something.
From exotic + the suffix -ity. This noun form treats exoticism as an intrinsic property or quality rather than a cultural practice.
The exoticity of a place can change overnight—once Instagram makes somewhere famous, it loses the exotic quality that made it fascinating in the first place!
Another nominalization of 'exotic' emphasizing essential 'otherness.' Historically weaponized in imperial contexts to justify hierarchy and to justify the objectification of non-Western peoples, especially women.
Avoid. Use specific descriptors (rarity, unfamiliarity, cultural specificity) instead of this reductive abstraction.
["distinctiveness","cultural specificity","unfamiliarity"]
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