UNFAMILIARITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unusualness as a consequence of not being well known

Synonyms:

strangeness; unfamiliarity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

unusualness (uncommonness by virtue of being unusual)

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 "unfamiliarity"):

eeriness; ghostliness (strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear)

abnormality; freakishness (marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal)

singularity (strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual)

bizarreness; outlandishness; weirdness (strikingly out of the ordinary)

quaintness (strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned)

eccentricity (strange and unconventional behavior)

Antonym:

familiarity (usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known)

Derivation:

unfamiliar (not known or well known)