strangeness

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈstreɪndʒnəs/
noun Freq #39691

Meanings

  1. 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 abnormalcyabnormalismabnormalityabnormityanomalousnessatypicalitycrotchetdeviancyeccentricityenormityextraordinarinessfreakishness
Opposites
normalityfamiliarityacquaintanceship
Word family
Derived forms multistrangeness
Related forms strangestrangelystranger

Etymology

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

straungenesse Middle English
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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives
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