alienness
noun[U]
uk/ˈeɪ.li.ən.nəs/us/ˈeɪ.li.ən.nəs/thequalityofseemingverystrangeand not at allfamiliar:
Asenseofmysterypervadesthefilm,particularlytheloomingalienness of themountain.
I had noideawhat "albedo"meantand wasstruckby thesheeralienness of the word.
thequalityofbelongingto or coming from aplace,country,groupofpeople, orplanetthat is notyourown and is notfamiliar:
Unlike manyEuropeancolonials, he was not at alldisturbedby the alienness ofAfrica.
- The film'sscoreemphasizesthe alienness of the setting.
- Shefoundthat afeelingof alienness, of not being athome, washelpfulto hercreativity.
- Hegrewup in the mid-West and wasenrapturedby Tokyo's alienness.
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- heterodox
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- presence
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped
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