strangeness

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈstreɪndʒnəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #39691

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being alien or not native

The strangeness of a foreigner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being alien... curiousnessforeignness

More abnormalcyabnormalism abnormality abnormity anomalousnessatypicalitycrotchet deviancy eccentricity enormity extraordinariness freakishness

Opposites

normality familiarity acquaintanceship

Word family

Derived forms multistrangeness

Related forms strange strangely stranger

Etymology

From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.

straungenesse Middle English

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Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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