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noun the state or fact of being different or distinct.
the quality or state of being perceived or treated as different, foreign, strange, etc.: Certain ethnic groups embrace their otherness.
Origin of otherness First recorded in 1580–90; other + -ness
historical usage of otherness See xenophobia.
Words nearby otherness other good fish in the sea, otherguess, other half, otherize, other man, otherness , other ranks, other side of the coin, other side of the tracks, other than, other things being equal
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Example sentences from the Web for otherness Only Too—ticky helps him learn to respect them in their otherness .
Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins | John Garth| August 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
When I entered middle school, I was crushingly self-conscious of my otherness .
Living On—And Leaving—America’s Biggest Commune | Rena Mundo Croshere| November 23, 2012| DAILY BEAST
I “embrace” my “otherness ,” to spew that overused phrase of early '90s identity reclamation.
Norway’s New Cultural Anxiety | Keshni Kashyap| July 24, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Church spokesman Michael Purdy describes the ads as an attempt to downplay Mormon “otherness .”
Mormons Rock! | Walter Kirn| June 5, 2011| DAILY BEAST
The promise of “otherness ” and change that had made Obama so sexy to so many stands shorn of its magic.
Obama's Vanishing Sex Appeal | Tunku Varadarajan| September 6, 2010| DAILY BEAST
Two cardinal facts lie ever at the base of thought: Unity and Variety—oneness and otherness .
The World's Greatest Books -- Vol XX -- Miscellaneous Literature and Index | Various
He brought them the odor of foreign travel, the flavor of city, the "otherness " that everybody craves.
The End Of The World | Edward Eggleston
This otherness is due to the existence of combination and disintegration in the sphere of the manifested.
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia | Muhammad Iqbal
Then not by reason of otherness is the one other than the not-one, or the not-one other than the one.
It does not pass over into otherness ; it remains, steadfast, and abiding in itself.
A Critical History of Greek Philosophy | W. T. Stace
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British Dictionary definitions for otherness noun the quality of being different or distinct in appearance, character, etc
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Words related to otherness divergence, variation, disparity, miscalculation, error, distinction, difference, inconsistency, gap, inequality, discrepancy, imbalance, division, perception, quality, characteristic, sensitivity, nicety, separation, discrimination