Definitions of strangeness
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the quality of being alien or not native
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synonyms:
curiousness, foreignness
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nativeness
the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
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exoticism, exoticness, exotism
the quality of being exotic
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alienage, alienism
the quality of being alien
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quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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nativeness
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unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
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synonyms:
unfamiliarity
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familiarity
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
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crotchet, oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness
a strange attitude or habit
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eeriness, ghostliness
strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
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abnormality, freakishness
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
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singularity
strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual
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bizarreness, outlandishness, weirdness
strikingly out of the ordinary
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quaintness
strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned
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eccentricity
strange and unconventional behavior
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oddity, oddness
eccentricity that is not easily explained
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tic
a usually unconscious habit or quirk of speech or behavior
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unusualness
uncommonness by virtue of being unusual
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familiarity
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(physics) one of the six flavors of quark
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