alterity


alterity

otherness; the quality of being radically alien to the conscious self; a particular cultural orientation

al·ter·i·ty

A5239350 (ôl-tĕr′ĭ-tē)n. pl. al·ter·i·ties The state of being different, especially with respect to one's perception of one's identity within a culture; otherness.
[French altérité, otherness, Late Latin alteritās, Latin alter, other; see al- in Indo-European roots.]

alterity

(ɔːlˈtɛrɪtɪ) n (Philosophy) the quality of being different