"otherness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: othernesses [plural]
Etymology: From other + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|other|ness}} other + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} otherness (countable and uncountable, plural othernesses)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being different or distinct. Tags: uncountable Translations (the quality of being different or distinct): различност (različnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), jinakost [feminine] (Czech), anderszijn [neuter] (Dutch), altérité [feminine] (French), Anderssein [neuter] (German), Andersartigkeit [feminine] (German), Alterität [feminine] (German), másféleség (Hungarian), különbözőség (Hungarian), másság (Hungarian), eachtarthacht [feminine] (Irish), eileacht [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-otherness-en-noun-pQnjPGb5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'the quality of being different or distinct': 94 6
  2. (countable) The result or product of being different or distinct. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-otherness-en-noun-aJnAfdGJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alterity, otherhood, difference Related terms: otherdom

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "the quality of being different or distinct",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the quality of being different or distinct",
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