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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Today quantum strangeness is no longer confined to theory.
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Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
David Lynch’s dreamcatcher is also the perfect intersection of something pretty everyday but that is infused with strangeness: what dreams, what nightmares has this thing caught in Lynch’s home?
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 May 2025
Yet Metzler too often stops short of true wit and strangeness.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2025
The magic does indeed happen—the wondrous deceptions, the seeming distortions of reality, the sense of strangeness.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
David Lynch’s dreamcatcher is also the perfect intersection of something pretty everyday but that is infused with strangeness: what dreams, what nightmares has this thing caught in Lynch’s home?
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 May 2025
Yet Metzler too often stops short of true wit and strangeness.
—Judy Berman, Time, 22 May 2025
The magic does indeed happen—the wondrous deceptions, the seeming distortions of reality, the sense of strangeness.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strangeness
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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