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The game's aesthetic, which is inspired by early PlayStation one graphics, also added to the "uncanniness" of the experience.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

But there's also an ideological project, however unwitting, in the uncanniness.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

And there’s not much that could have been done about the uncanniness of Mendes’s flowing vocals emerging from a crocodile’s angular snout.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

And your own: While mimicking Higginbotham’s mental dissociation, the uncanniness of the lip-sync destabilizes most other notions of normalcy in the world as well.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2021

Ralph had talked more than he needed to have done, but he wanted time to recover his mental balance, for his nerves had been considerably startled by the suddenness, the uncanniness of his visitor's appearance.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney