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strangeness

noun

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as in bizarreness

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Recent Examples of strangeness The philosophical qualities that define Lindelof’s best work, as well as his stories’ exhilarating strangeness, get lost in the jumble of voices. — Judy Berman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 According to a report from Business Korea, Pinkfong shared that the single is built around the strangeness of stepping back into public view a decade later, with Baby Shark Boy’s lyrics drawing directly on his experiences. — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 He was supposed to invoke something, speak to the strangeness of passing from one world to another. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for strangeness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangeness
  1. bizarreness
  2. weirdness
  3. unfamiliarity
  4. uniqueness
  5. peculiarity
  6. singularity
  7. distinctiveness
  8. characteristic
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
  • And the weirdness of the blue, blue sky above, while hundreds of men crawl around like ants on the rubble.
    — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The Greatest Robot Anime Is Back With Something to Prove The new Mobile Suit Gundam movie is mad as hell and relishes in the franchise’s intoxicating weirdness.
    — Britina Cheng, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of weirdness
Noun
  • Casting, per Mehta, hinged on unfamiliarity rather than name recognition.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Those changes could create some unfamiliarity amongst the divisional opponents in Week 1, Payton said.
    — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfamiliarity
Noun
  • Those victories underlined Madrid’s uniqueness in top-level football, especially under long-serving president Perez.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of uniqueness
Noun
  • By contrast, modern proponents of the existence of a ninth planet focus their searches further out, looking instead to orbital peculiarities in smaller objects that occupy the distant reaches of the solar system.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In that context, the extra lending since the end of June and the peculiarities of that Gordon transfer instalment make plenty of sense, as the club continues to lose cash each season, even as underlying profitability measures are much improved.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of peculiarity
Noun
  • In short, Hinduism itself is steeped in the manifold nature of the divine, as well as its singularity.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of singularity
Noun
  • The key lesson for personal branding is to embrace distinctiveness, substance, and a unique voice, rather than conforming to generic professionalism.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of distinctiveness
Noun
  • This characteristic can provide significant resistance to scratching and wear in demanding environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • His mentality, weathered by his upbringing, is perhaps his most defining characteristic.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
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