alterity
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.al·ter·i·ty
noun \ȯl-ˈter-ə-tē, -ˈte-rə-\Definition of ALTERITY
: otherness; specifically : the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation
Origin of ALTERITY
Late Latin alteritat-, alteritas, from alter
First Known Use: 1642
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