curiousness

Definitions of curiousness
  1. noun
    a state of active curiosity
    synonyms: inquisitiveness
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    types:
    nosiness, prying, snoopiness
    offensive inquisitiveness
    type of:
    curiosity, wonder
    a state in which you want to learn more about something
  2. noun
    the quality of being alien or not native
    synonyms: foreignness, strangeness
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    types:
    exoticism, exoticness, exotism
    the quality of being exotic
    alienage, alienism
    the quality of being alien
    type of:
    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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