otherness

otherness
a) The quality of being different or distinct.
b) The result or product of being different or distinct.

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  • Otherness (EP) — Otherness EP by Cocteau Twins Released October 1995 …   Wikipedia

  • Otherness — Oth er*ness, n. The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • otherness — index contraposition, nonconformity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • otherness — ► NOUN ▪ the quality or fact of being different …   English terms dictionary

  • otherness — [[t]ʌ̱ðə(r)nəs[/t]] N UNCOUNT Otherness is the quality that someone or something has which is different from yourself or from the things that you have experienced. I like the otherness of men s minds and bodies …   English dictionary

  • otherness — /ˈʌðənəs/ (say udhuhnuhs) noun the quality of being different from most of the same type: she was always aware of his strange otherness …  

  • Otherness (book) — Otherness   Author(s) …   Wikipedia

  • Otherness (F. Paul Wilson) — The Otherness is a malevolent force present in several of the novels by F. Paul Wilson. From the human perspective, the Otherness is evil – greater in scope than Satan and similar high agents of evil, and possibly the inspiration for such… …   Wikipedia

  • Otherness of childhood — The otherness of childhood is a phrase being used to argue that there are substantial differences between the lived worlds of children and adults. These differences are suggested to emerge from complex outcomes of divergent states of physical,… …   Wikipedia

  • otherness — noun Date: 1587 1. the quality or state of being other or different 2. something that is other or different …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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