otherness
noun
oth·er·ness
ˈə-t͟hər-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being other or different
2
: something that is other or different
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Examples of otherness in a Sentence
As an American growing up in Africa, I always felt a sense of otherness.
the otherness of their small religious community
Recent Examples on the Web
The yellow coloring has often been used by Hollywood films and TV shows set in Mexico to establish a sense of otherness.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
José Garcia Villa, an American Poet Ahead of His Time
While Villa’s otherness created an opening for his work in the US, American critics ultimately held both his modernism and his nationality against him.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
To attempt to read and use languages other than one’s own, even if only a few phrases, is a mark of respect for the otherness of other people.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 June 2024
Then, as now, part of the motivation for pushing homeless people out of sight or into jail was a sense of otherness, an unwillingness or inability to see the humanity of people struggling with life.
—Robert M. Hayes, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
José Garcia Villa, an American Poet Ahead of His Time
While Villa’s otherness created an opening for his work in the US, American critics ultimately held both his modernism and his nationality against him.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
To attempt to read and use languages other than one’s own, even if only a few phrases, is a mark of respect for the otherness of other people.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 June 2024
Then, as now, part of the motivation for pushing homeless people out of sight or into jail was a sense of otherness, an unwillingness or inability to see the humanity of people struggling with life.
—Robert M. Hayes, New York Daily News, 19 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for otherness
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“Otherness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherness. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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