foreignness
1
6.8
- noun
- /ˈfɔrɪnˌnəs/
:
extranjería
- Despite the foreignness of her surroundings, she quickly learned to navigate the bustling city.
- construction of foreignness
- construct foreignness
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.
Examples
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However, on American television, she is also associated with foreignness.
Academic text (2017) -
But on this ride out to the halls of European justice, she stood tall in her foreignness.
Fiction book (2001) -
Have you ever hated your own foreignness that much?
Fiction book (2001) -
We tourists, by the very fact of our foreignness, could not even succeed as spectators.
Fiction book (1991) -
Calling attention to two other signs of my foreignness, he consented to my wearing a camera and recorder.
Academic text (1993) -
By standardizing one interpretation, they construct foreignness as a fundamental condition preceding social relations.
Academic text (2008) -
Its underlying question concerns the status of foreignness: is it a timeless factor that precedes social relations, or is it their product?
Academic text (2008) -
Whether ESOL at the K-12 level perpetuates foreignness or advances something else is questionable.
Academic text (2011) -
Many immigrants experience a sense of foreignness in their new country as they adapt to unfamiliar customs.
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The foreignness of the landscape made the travelers feel like they were on another planet.
Synonyms
12
5.5
The feeling that something is unusual or hard to explain
6
8.0
Being seen as different from most people or from what is usual
2
6.1
A lack of knowledge or experience with something
2
7.6
Something that is unusual and interesting because it comes from a distant place or culture
1
8.1
A feeling of being strange or not belonging
1
9.9
A state of being different from others, often in culture or identity
1
9.9
The feeling of being foreign or different from others
1
7.7
Feeling separate from a group or community
1
6.3
The fact that two things are not the same
1
9.9
A condition where a person is not a country's citizen and has different legal rights
A quality that makes something seem unusual and interesting because it comes from far away
A feeling of not being at home or comfortable in a place
Feeling not part of a group or community
Antonyms
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word foreignness comes from foreign, which in turn comes from the old Latin word foris, meaning 'outside'. So foreignness is the state of being 'from outside' or unfamiliar, which is why foreign things often feel strange or out of place.