uncanniness
Americannoun
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There was a telltale uncanniness to it—people clapping too slowly, as if underwater—but there was no disclaimer that it was fake.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
Presently the sense of uncanniness abated somewhat; the elfin in her went out to meet the weirdness of the wood.
From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Leslie Moore
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