strangeness
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈstreɪndʒnəs/
:
extrañeza
- The strangeness of this life cannot be measured.
- degrees of strangeness
So yeah, I mean, yeah, no shortage of strangeness to draw from when in my family.
- So yeah, I mean, yeah, no shortage of strangeness to draw from when in my family.
- I will talk about both the strangeness and the fun aspects in more detail.
- And then George goes on to say transcripts of her verbal meanderings cannot convey their eerie strangeness.
- I wanted to reveal to you that actual strangeness, that actual surreal quality of being alive, and how weird it is and how awesome it is to expand your mind.
- The people lived through it, and the problem is distance from us and strangeness.
- So that's, that's the strangeness, other than my endeavors of life that I've, this happened to me.
- So that's one aspect and a quality of strangeness and wonder in the expression derived from the image.
- Well, it's, it's worthwhile to kind of Fact Check the strangeness of Barack Obama's beginnings in, in, in racial, ethnic and identity terms.
- So I guess to digest through the strangeness of this whole experience, I will be answering the questions that he put together for the tag.
Examples
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Everyone was out, and I remember the strangeness of being in the house alone with him.
Fiction book (1994) -
I think you have the unique innate ability to bring out the strangeness in other people.
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- Huh, well there is more strangeness here than you may be aware of.
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I will talk about both the strangeness and the fun aspects in more detail.
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I often marvel at the strangeness of the life of a foreign service man.
Fiction book (1998) -
Relief flooded through her, and at the same time, a strangeness that she could not identify.
Fiction book (1992) -
As Lee's curiosity about the happenings on his property began to grow, the strangeness of what he was dealing with followed suit.
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I was still musing gloomily on the strangeness of human nature when my phone rang.
Fiction book (1992) -
One of the difficulties in discussing this tradition is its simultaneous strangeness and familiarity.
Academic text (2007) -
The strangeness of the alien landscape made it feel like another planet.
Synonyms
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7.1
Something that is not normal or expected
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4.6
Being very strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
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7.8
Unusual behavior or habits that are different from what most people do
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6.1
An unusual feature that makes someone or something different
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5.9
An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking
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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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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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7.2
A strange, quiet feeling that makes you feel afraid or uneasy
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8.1
A feeling of being strange or not belonging
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6.9
How different or rare something is compared with what people expect
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6.1
A quality of being strange or unexpected, like odd weather
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7.5
A quality of being very strange or different from most people
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8.4
Being very unusual in appearance, ideas, or behavior
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7.7
The quality of being very unusual and making someone or something stand out
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5.8
A feeling of surprise when something happens that you did not know about
Being rare or not often seen
A state of being different from what is usual or expected
A strange, mysterious feeling that makes you feel uneasy or surprised
Antonyms
Compounds
How Strange
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Strangeness comes from the word strange, which once meant 'from outside', so something strange feels like it does not belong. That's why strangeness means the quality of being unusual or unfamiliar.