Exotic
Native
Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.
Usage example: though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner
Both words in one sentence
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Exotic Equipment does oblige Chmeee, a non-hominid alien, to sit out the cross-species games; at one point, he exposes himself to a native to show why he can't participate.
Source: Exotic Equipment - The exotic location and colorful locals are just there to give a feeling of foreignness, and all the focus characters are from the target audience's culture or others not native to the setting.
Source: Exotic Backdrop Setting - The problem is that this means nothing to the audience (and sometimes nothing to people native to the "exotic" culture), so a quick translation is provided afterwards.
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Native and Exotic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exotic/native
Exotic & Native. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exotic/native>.
Native or Exotic. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exotic/native.
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