alienness
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈeɪliənnəs/
:
extrañeza
- Many troopers, all non-Natives, expressed reservations about using Western law in villages; they understood its alienness and wished that more traditional, informal means could be employed.
- utter alienness
Here the the alienness and foreignness is within the individual self consciousness developing through culture.
- Here the the alienness and foreignness is within the individual self consciousness developing through culture.
- Vance would, I hope, appreciate the alienness of the Shrike, the things refusal to act in ways that make sense to any of the human protagonists.
Examples
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In Rendezvous with Rama, the minimal characterization allows one to focus on the spaceship Rama and experience it for its awe-inspiring alienness.
Blog text (22) -
Here the the alienness and foreignness is within the individual self consciousness developing through culture.
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The alienness of ambient music is part of what makes it so enjoyable.
Blog text (16) -
It is difficult to express in words the sense of cultural dislocation, of an absolute and fundamental alienness, that I experienced throughout my stay in India.
Academic text (1992) -
All of these narrators are aware of their own alienness, which throws the conventions of confession into relief: instead of being located in the familiar site of domesticity, most of these characters are either displaced or misplaced in a setting or situation that is out of their control.
Fiction book (1998) -
This sense of intellectual alienness led poet W. H. Auden to lament that, when in the presence of scientists, he felt himself a "shabby curate who had strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes."
Academic text (1995) -
The artist captured the alienness of the landscape, making it feel both foreign and enchanting.
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Living in a new country can bring feelings of alienness as one navigates different customs and languages.
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His alienness in the social gathering was evident when he struggled to connect with others.
Synonyms
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3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
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3.5
Feeling uncomfortable because you do not belong in a place or situation
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7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
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4.4
A feeling of worry and not being relaxed
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5.5
The feeling that something is unusual or hard to explain
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5.2
Something that is not normal and can be seen in the body or test results
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7.5
Not comfortable or confident in a new situation
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8.0
Being seen as different from most people or from what is usual
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6.1
A lack of knowledge or experience with something
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6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
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7.0
To be out of place among the people around you
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6.8
A feeling that something is new and not familiar
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5.8
A state of being unusual or strange in a way that is hard to explain
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6.9
A state of being very strange or unusual that surprises people
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6.7
A state of being separate from other people
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8.1
A feeling of not having a permanent home or place to belong
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9.9
A state of being different from others, often in culture or identity
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7.7
Feeling separate from a group or community
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8.4
Being very unusual in appearance, ideas, or behavior
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6.3
The fact that two things are not the same
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9.9
The feeling of being foreign or different from others
A feeling of not being at home or comfortable in a place
A feeling of not being accepted or part of a group
Feeling not part of a group or community
A strange, mysterious feeling that makes you feel uneasy or surprised
Not being the same as another thing
To be alone even when other people are near
Antonyms
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alienness comes from the Latin alienus, which means 'other' or 'belonging to someone else'. Think of it as the feeling of being an outsider in a new place, so alienness is the sense of not fitting in.