exotica
/ɪɡˈzɒtɪkə
/ /ɛɡˈzɒtɪkə/plural noun
Objects considered interesting because they are out of the ordinary, especially because they originated in a distant foreign country.Of course, from beneath the seductive exotica, dark underbellies of distant locales show through....
- We are less interested in exotica than cases which entailed interdisciplinary management and raised challenging clinical, management, or ethical issues.
- A collection of remixed tiki exotica really gets you straddling both sides of the fence.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin, neuter plural of exoticus 'foreign' (see exotic).