ADJ.
obvious, romantic
VERB + FOREIGNNESS
adding, nod
FOREIGNNESS + NOUN
story
noun
The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
The same courteous, automatic greeting […] which by now I understood as a nod to my foreignness, which was obvious to everyone everywhere.
The word “saudade” is being quite misused for what looks like to be a need for adding romantic foreignness to a story or an article.
A characteristic that indicates foreignness.
noun — the quality of being alien or not native