strangeness
noun
strange·ness
ˈstrānj-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being strange
2
: the flavor characterizing a strange quark
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Heightening the strangeness is the fact that it’s shot in the style of Iranian meta cinema (think Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi), and the mostly Iranian cast speaks Farsi mixed with some French, as Rankin does himself.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
The Ocho-fest kicks off Friday with a trifecta of strangeness.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 July 2025
On paper, there’s nothing wrong with making a purposefully not-fun extension of the Donner films, but Superman Returns never truly escapes the strangeness of creating a mournful victory lap of films that the director and cast had nothing to do with.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
By making his milieu familiar to a modern audience, Hytner and Bailey ignore the profound strangeness of Richard, who gains dominion over himself only by letting a nation slip through his fingers.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
The Ocho-fest kicks off Friday with a trifecta of strangeness.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 18 July 2025
On paper, there’s nothing wrong with making a purposefully not-fun extension of the Donner films, but Superman Returns never truly escapes the strangeness of creating a mournful victory lap of films that the director and cast had nothing to do with.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
By making his milieu familiar to a modern audience, Hytner and Bailey ignore the profound strangeness of Richard, who gains dominion over himself only by letting a nation slip through his fingers.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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