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🔄 Different one 🗓️ Recent time 🌀 Very unusual 🚫 To exclude 👥 Different people
to other

to other

1 8.6
Treat a person or group as strange and not included
  • verb
  • /ˈʌðər/
  • Offensive
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  • I also think that the board (like most people) had othered anyone who could be a harasser.

Examples

  • Othering non-traditional students as outsiders in the university culture and silencing them as interlopers on established norms is dehumanizing.

    Academic text (2016)

  • But I kind of felt like I was being told I was intentionally "othering" someone.

    Blog text (30)

  • Society, and especially the media, has a way of othering those with sicknesses that we don't understand.

    Blog text (32)

  • The working relationship between the stigmatized youth and the advantaged members of the dominant group can help them see each other more clearly, reduce othering and break boundaries, and develop an equitable relationship that leads to comradeship.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The media often engages in othering individuals based on their cultural differences.

  • In discussions about social justice, othering marginalized groups can deepen divisions in society.

  • When we fail to recognize shared humanity, we risk othering those who are different from us.

Synonyms

to discriminate
vsto other
  • Offensive
120 4.9

To treat someone worse because of their race, sex or religion

is an attitude of seeing a group as alien and excluding them
to separate
vsto other
  • Offensive
20 4.2

To treat people differently because of their race or sex

focuses on seeing groups as alien rather than only physical separation

Idioms

on the other hand
357 2.8

Shows a different idea from what you said before

in other words
275 2.7

To say something in a clearer way

the other day
267 1.7

A few days ago

the other way around
102 3.2

In the opposite order, direction, or situation

on the other side
95 3.6

To show an opposite idea in a discussion

to turn the other cheek
20 6.7

Choose not to fight back after someone hurts or insults you

none other than
17 5.8

Shows that someone is surprising or important

one after the other
17 2.0

With no pause between actions or events

made for each other
14 3.4

Two people who fit together very well as a romantic couple

in other news
  • Literature
12 3.2

To introduce a new topic after talking about something else

to put one foot in front of the other
7 3.6

To keep moving forward step by step despite problems

the other side of the argument
2 3.9

A view that disagrees with your opinion in a discussion

in one ear and out the other
  • Informal
2 5.3

Heard but quickly forgotten

the shoe is on the other foot
  • Informal
2 7.5

A situation that has changed so the other person has the advantage

the other end of the country
1 3.3

A place very far away inside the same country

to bat for the other team
  • Slur
9.9

Support the other side or be gay

losing my other virginity
  • NSFW
9.9

To try something important for the second time after a long break

to hear from the other side
5.1

To listen to people with the opposite view before deciding

to pull the other leg
  • UK
9.5

To tease someone by saying something that is not true as a joke

to put the shoe on the other foot
7.5

Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better

on the other paw
  • Informal
9.8

To show a different point in a playful animal way

other fish to fry
  • Informal
7.1

To have more important things to do now

see the other guy
  • Informal
9.4

A joking way to say the other person was hurt more after a fight

six of one, half a dozen of the other
  • Informal
6.2

Two choices that are almost the same and make no real difference

you should see the other guy
  • Informal
9.7

Says as a joke to show someone else is more hurt after a fight

your other left
  • Informal
9.9

A joking phrase people say when they mix up left and right

Phrasal Verbs

to look the other way
69 4.7

To ignore something wrong on purpose instead of reporting it

to support each other
20 2.6

To help and encourage each other during difficult times

to pit against each other
10 6.1

Make people or groups compete against each other

to feed off each other
4 5.1

To get energy or ideas from each other's actions

to crawl over each other
1 3.4

Move over each other on hands and knees, often playfully

to fly at each other
  • Informal
7.4

People suddenly fight or shout at each other with strong anger

to outshine each other
5.3

To try to be better than each other to get attention

to pelt each other
6.3

Throw things at each other, often for fun or to hurt

Compounds

other than
350 1.0

Not including someone or something

significant other
33 3.3

A person you have a long romantic relationship with and often live with

other half
11 3.0

The person you love and share your life with

How Alienating

to dehumanize
  • Formal
24 7.5
to other
  • Offensive
1 8.6
to exclude
338 3.0
to distance
77 5.7
to ignore
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

other infinitive
othered past
othered past participle
othering present participle
others third person singular

Etymology

Other as a verb grows from the adjective oþer meaning 'different', and it literally means to make someone 'other' — to treat them as separate or outside the group. That's why to other someone is to exclude them or mark them as different.