otherliness
/ˈʌðəlɪnɪs/rare
noun
The quality of being different in kind or quality; difference, especially from an expected norm.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. From other + -ly + -ness, apparently after words in -liness such as motherliness, loneliness, godliness, etc.
- profanement
- profaneness
- profaner
- profanism
- profanity
- profanize
- profection
- profectitious
- proferens
- profert
- profesh
- profess
- professable
- professant
- professed
- professedly
- profession
- professional
- professional beauty
- professional bondsman
- professional class
- professional development
- professional examination
- professional foul
- professionalise