STRANGENESS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

strangeness

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as in bizarreness

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Recent Examples of strangeness At the center of this indifferent strangeness, Kirsten Dunst gives her best performance in the series, as Mary Jane falls from Broadway heights to lounge-singing lows. — Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026 But unlike the best of Ferrell’s earlier roles, Hawkins’s eccentricities feel like surface-level strangeness, connected to nothing surprising or soulful underneath. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026 The result is a book whose strangeness can only be experienced, not expressed. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026 The strangeness of the occasion, and the wild atmosphere provoked by something Wimbledon had never seen before, was a fitting environment for statistically the most unlikely champion in the tournament’s history. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 12 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for strangeness

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Noun

The bizarreness didn’t stop there.

— Lynette Rice, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Roots are produced from the base of the bulb, but in an odd twist of botanical bizarreness, the roots are produced toward the end of the bloom time.

— Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Sep. 2025

Definition of bizarreness

Noun

Every last member of the Chiefs’ offensive line is familiar with Benson’s, well, unfamiliarity with a starting job in their first NFL training camp.

— Sam McDowell August 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
The reasons are many, ranging from the slow adoption of new medical technologies, to many urologists’ unfamiliarity with interpreting MRI scans, to the loss of income from doing fewer biopsies.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfamiliarity

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And that’s largely because of how well the game leans into the uniqueness of the Star Wars universe, using its source material in nearly every narrative beat and gameplay mechanic.

— Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Just as uniformity is a virtue of a product, so uniqueness is a virtue of a service.

— Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of uniqueness

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In February, Patrick Collison told TBPN there was a reasonable chance Q1 2026 would be remembered as the first quarter of the singularity, adding that in hindsight the claim might look completely delusional.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
At least everyone who went out and got some already will look cool for the singularity.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of singularity

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America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
In a portfolio of consumer brands, each brand's value lies substantially in its distinctiveness.

— Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of distinctiveness

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The long-term difference could be dramatic The researchers also fed the characteristics of each driving style into a battery-aging model to estimate longer-term capacity loss.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Organizations that successfully operationalize AI in supply chain environments tend to share several common characteristics.

— George Ninikas, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

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