otherness
Americannoun
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the state or fact of being different or distinct.
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the quality or state of being perceived or treated as different, foreign, strange, etc..
Certain ethnic groups embrace their otherness.
noun
Etymology
Origin of otherness
Example Sentences
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"Let's keep celebrating the otherness," she said during her acceptance speech.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
How are these collaborations a small resistance to that cruel way of seeing otherness?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
Penfolds refers to these blends as "wine of the world", and says that they "possess an otherness that can best be described as worldly".
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025
As a result, it delves into race and the otherness experienced by a girl who was longing to belong.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024
Some of my peers felt their otherness more acutely than I did.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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