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
She liked the uncanniness of the image, she said, which was inspired by films by David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock and in particular Krzysztof Kieślowski’s 1991 thriller “The Double Life of Veronique.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
You want that uncanniness, because that is disturbing to people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
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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