ostranenie
[ aw-strah-nuh-nee ]
/ ɔˈstrɑ nə ni /
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noun
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Origin of ostranenie
1917; <Russian; coined by Viktor Shklovsky, Russian writer and literary critic
Words nearby ostranenie
ostracize, ostracod, ostracoderm, ostracon, ostrakon, ostranenie, Ostrava, ostrich, ostrich fern, Ostrogoth, Ostrovsky
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