otherness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

difference distinctness separateness alterity distance division contrast opposition distinction variation separation gap departure diversity discrimination
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Antonyms

concord same standard success agreement understanding
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Hypernyms

difference

Related terms

otherdom

Examples

No man has known perfect felicity, Until his otherness is drowned in unity. Angelus Silesius

We told ourselves that it didn't matter if there was no word to cement our reality...We were the ones that made it real. And yet, the sense of otherness loomed. Edith Windsor

Maturity implies otherness... The art of living is the art of living with. Julius Gordon

Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness. Lynne Truss

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead. Jodie Foster

Any ideas of "other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of "normal.”. Meshell Ndegeocello

Close letter words and terms

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