OTHERNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known

Synonyms:

distinctness; otherness; separateness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)

Attribute:

other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)

Derivation:

other (very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected)