strangeness

noun

strange·​ness ˈstrānj-nəs 

1

: the quality or state of being strange

2

: the flavor characterizing a strange quark

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

As places across the planet have become more and more alike, writers have embraced Calvino-like strategies of invention to rediscover the strangeness and seduction of setting. —Sam Sacks, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023

The director, who has frequently helmed films and series based on real events, was compelled by the inherent strangeness of the events. —Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023

And the striking setting — under the giant tail of Howard Hughes’s Spruce Goose airliner folly — suits the strangeness of the material. —Brett Campbell | , oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2023

If many luxury goods are designed to protect the wearer from the scrapes of life, Vanhee-Cybulski’s clothes allow for the strangeness of existence and its unexpectedness, and even welcome it with a sideways laugh. —Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2023

Artists intuitively engage—in paint, clay, prints, film—with the strangeness of life. —Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2023

To give Ruhl credit, these are unsubtle times, and she’s hit on something with the strangeness of Salem itself. —Vulture, 5 Dec. 2022

And their strangeness caught scientists entirely by surprise. —Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022

Pepper has kept her parentage a secret, but when Ula goes missing, solicitors and journalists come calling, declaring Pepper heir to Ula’s paintings and all their accompanying strangeness. —Amal El-mohtar, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1