uncanniness
noun[U]
uk/ʌnˈkæn.i.nəs/us/ʌnˈkæn.i.nəs/thefactof beingstrangeormysterious, often in a way that isslightlyfrightening:
The uncanniness of adisembodiedvoicebeingtransmittedviaatelephoneline, asexperiencedby earlytelephoneusers, isquitehard toimaginenow.
In hernovel"The Little Stranger" sheachievesaslowbuild-upof uncanniness.
- Thepointof Hopper'spaintingssuch as Nighthawks is the uncanniness of thesituationstheyportray.
- The uncanniness of thepaintingliesin thesensethat there are twoworlds, that of theseerand that of theseen.
- Thebookevokesthe uncanniness ofdollswho come tolife.
- Thedouble- ashadow,reflection, or Doppelgänger - is a typification of uncanniness.
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- freakishness
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- perverse
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped