uncanniness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
You want that uncanniness, because that is disturbing to people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
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
The moat had an uncanniness of its own; it was haunted by leaping fires that overran it and left no trace.
From An Isle in the Water by Katharine Tynan
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