strangeness
NounUS[streynj-nuhs]/ˈstreɪndʒnəs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- unusualness as a consequence of not being well knownSynonyms: unfamiliarityOpposite familiarityType of unusualnessKinds eccentricity, oddity, singularity, eeriness, abnormality, quaintness, outlandishnessAttribute of foreign, strange
- (physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third lightest of all quarksType of flavor, flavour
- the quality of being alien or not native“the strangeness of a foreigner”Synonyms: foreignnesscuriousnessOpposite nativenessType of qualityKinds alienage, exoticismAttribute of foreign, strange
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Strange′ness noun
The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54