otherness
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Synonyms
contrast, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, unlikeness
Antonyms
alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity
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Beyond their value as personal meditations on otherness, Nuanced outsider and The impossibility of being outside take an incisive view of our broader cultural moment. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "At the Honolulu Biennial, Artist Amy Yao Examines Environments and Identity (With the Help of Some Algae)," 12 Mar. 2019 That sensation of total otherness is harder and harder to find. — Francesca Babb, Condé Nast Traveler, "Actress Rosamund Pike on the One Item She Always Takes from Hotel Rooms," 19 Dec. 2018 How did this girl—who is not only of color, but didn’t go to the same schools or universities as the royals, who wasn’t even raised in the U.K., and so has all these points of difference and otherness—get to this place? — Afua Hirsch, Time, "What Meghan Markle Means to the World," 17 May 2018 And what of Cher’s otherness, her identity as a second-generation Armenian-American on her father’s side? — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "Just belt out 'Believe!' Pre-Broadway 'Cher Show' needs to let the Chers take charge," 28 June 2018 Though not always directly related to the plot, these painterly images cumulatively suggest a land of dreamlike otherness and alien beauty. — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Volcano': Film Review | Karlovy Vary 2018," 13 July 2018 There’s a connection to the Coltrane legacy (to John and Alice), in the ecstatic ambition, but there’s also a connection to Prince in the weirdness of the funk, and to Ennio Morricone, in the scene-setting otherness. — John Adamian, courant.com, "From Sam Hunt And Reba To U2 And King X: A Week Of Big-Name Concerts," 23 June 2018 For me, the condiment became synonymous with Russian immigrants—a symbol of our otherness. — Flora Tsapovsky, Bon Appetit, "How Mayonnaise Got Its Groove Back," 15 May 2018 The two films explore ideas about otherness, empathy, exile and displacement. — Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A direct line to Milwaukee, a journey to Japan," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'otherness.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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