"high strangeness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-high strangeness.ogg
Etymology: Introduced by the astronomer Dr. J. Allen Hynek in the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} high strangeness (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) A quality of being peculiar, bizarre, utterly absurd. Wikipedia link: J. Allen Hynek Tags: idiomatic, uncountable
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