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
But you’re reminded anyway, if only by the twinge of uncanniness from seeing TV characters act as if the pandemic were history, even as you’re still trying to get your hands on rapid antigen tests.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
There is a weirdness and uncanniness attaching to them.
From Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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