CURIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being alien or not native

Example:

the strangeness of a foreigner

Synonyms:

curiousness; foreignness; strangeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("curiousness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curiousness"):

exoticism; exoticness; exotism (the quality of being exotic)

alienage; alienism (the quality of being alien)

Derivation:

curious (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)

Meaning:

A state of active curiosity

Synonyms:

curiousness; inquisitiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("curiousness" is a kind of...):

curiosity; wonder (a state in which you want to learn more about something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curiousness"):

nosiness; prying; snoopiness (offensive inquisitiveness)

Derivation:

curious (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns))