† aˈlietyObs.—0 [ad.med.L. aliētāt-em, f.alius other: cf.varius, variētas, variety, and see -ty.] The condition of being other or different. 1656Blount Glossogr., Aliety, otherness; a term in Philosophy.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Alterity amounts to the same with what others call aliety, alietas.