"othering" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʌðəɹɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌðɹɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-othering.wav Forms: otherings [plural]
Etymology: From other + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|other#Verb|ing}} other + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} othering (usually uncountable, plural otherings)
  1. (philosophy, politics) gerund of other: the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different. Tags: form-of, gerund, uncountable, usually Form of: other (extra: the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different) Categories (topical): Philosophy, Politics, Social justice Synonyms: alienation, discrimination, otherization Related terms: other [verb], otherization, otherize, otherness, un-othering Translations (process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different): beandering (Afrikaans), 他者化 (tāzhěhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 異化 (Chinese Mandarin), 异化 (yìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), teisestamine (Estonian), toiseuttaminen (Finnish), altérité [feminine] (French), Othering [neuter] (German), öðrun [feminine] (Icelandic), alteridad [feminine] (Spanish), otredad [feminine] (Spanish), andrafiering [common-gender] (Swedish), ötekileştirme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-othering-en-noun-CQFytGFP Disambiguation of Social justice: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 80 20 Topics: government, human-sciences, philosophy, politics, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈʌðəɹɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌðɹɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-othering.wav
Etymology: From other + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|other#Verb|ing}} other + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} othering
  1. present participle and gerund of other Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: other
    Sense id: en-othering-en-verb-2Akrv1kc

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1870, Francis A. Henry, “The Finite and the Infinite. [Part II.]”, in William T[orrey] Harris, editor, The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, volume IV, number 4, St. Louis, Mo.: R. P. Studley & Co., printers, […], →OCLC, page 297:",
          "text": "[T]he Ego discerns itself, distinguishes itself, others itself; this Otherness is, as contrasted with the first phase, its being Out-of-Itself, and, since the Othering is a making itself an object to itself, it is also its being For-Itself; [...]",
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          "ref": "1995, Lois Weis, “Identity Formation and the Process of ‘Othering’: Unraveling Sexual Threads”, in Educational Foundations: A Journal Focusing on Interdisciplinary Aspects of the Educational Foundations, volume 9, number 1, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Prakken Publications; San Francisco, Calif.: Caddo Gap Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:",
          "text": "\"Othering\" may be defined as that process which serves to mark and name those thought to be different from oneself. An example of this is recent scholarship on whiteness. As Ruth Frankenberg asserts, to focus on whiteness is to displace the white from the unmarked, unnamed status that is itself an effect of its dominance. [...] The process of \"othering\" as an integral part of the identity formation of dominant whites is absolutely clear here.",
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          "ref": "1998, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin, “OTHER”, in Key Concepts in Post-colonial Studies, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2002, →ISBN, page 171:",
          "text": "The ambivalence of colonial discourse lies in the fact that both these processes of ‘othering’ occur at the same time, the colonial subject being both a ‘child’ of empire and a primitive and degraded subject of imperial discourse.",
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          "ref": "2000, Lesley Head, “Hunter-gatherers, Land, and the Past”, in Second Nature: The History and Implications of Australia as Aboriginal Landscape (Space, Place, and Society), Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 15:",
          "text": "Australians are conscious of multiple Otherings, both oppressive and affectionate. As white Australians locate Aboriginal people metaphorically \"out there,\" so the rest of the world locates us all \"down under.\"",
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          "ref": "2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715–99, London: Allen Lane, →ISBN; republished London: Penguin Books, 2003, →ISBN, page 553:",
          "text": "The process of political othering was not simply a rhetorical consequence of the Revolution's own unifying political culture.",
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          "ref": "2002, Makau [W.] Mutua, “Terrorism and Human Rights: Power, Culture, and Subordination”, in Mary B. Bowman, Mark P. Popiel, editors, Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, volume 8, Buffalo, N.Y.: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-03-06, page 7:",
          "text": "The civilizing mission, which is central to both international law and human rights, requires the definition of the native in particular language in which he is stripped of full humanity to justify the “othering” process, or the re-creation of the non-European in the image of the European.",
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          "ref": "2017 May 2, “Can the Jummas of Bangladesh Speak?”, in Jumjournal, archived from the original on 2019-07-12:",
          "text": "These new set of decisions may or may not be put into operation, but the process of constructing suspicion and othering of the Jummas is already in place. Jummas cannot be called \"adibashis\" [natives], Jummas cannot be recognised in the constitution, Jummas have to be called \"khudro nri-goshthi\" [insignificant people], Jummas cannot talk to anyone without a chaperone, government officials will prevent celebration of indigenous peoples' day – the list goes on.",
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          "ref": "2018, Mikkel Thorup, “Democratic Hatreds: The Making of ‘the Hating Enemy’ in Liberal Democracy”, in Thomas Brudholm, Birgitte Schepelern Johansen, editors, Hate, Politics, Law: Critical Perspectives on Combating Hate, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 221–222:",
          "text": "Democratic codes are the underlying discursive structure of democratic readings and evaluations of the world. A common distinction of codes is between the ethnos and the demos understanding of the democratic populace, that is, a prepolitical, possibly ethnic, and a political understanding of what constitutes \"the people.\" It is often taken as given that the ethnos-version spells violence, racism, and differentiation, whereas the demos-version spells the possibiliy of peace and inclusion. I want to question that to explore how they both serve as resources for democratic otherings.",
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          "ref": "2019 February 17, Kathrine Jebsen Moore, “A Witch-hunt on Instagram”, in Claire Lehmann, editor, Quillette, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2019-03-02:",
          "text": "“I want to say this gently,” a comment from a user identified only as Sarah began, “because I can tell your intent is to share your personal evolution and celebrate facing your fear of the unknown, and that’s great. I just need to point out that there’s a lot of ‘othering’ happening in this post.”",
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          "ref": "1995, Lois Weis, “Identity Formation and the Process of ‘Othering’: Unraveling Sexual Threads”, in Educational Foundations: A Journal Focusing on Interdisciplinary Aspects of the Educational Foundations, volume 9, number 1, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Prakken Publications; San Francisco, Calif.: Caddo Gap Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:",
          "text": "\"Othering\" may be defined as that process which serves to mark and name those thought to be different from oneself. An example of this is recent scholarship on whiteness. As Ruth Frankenberg asserts, to focus on whiteness is to displace the white from the unmarked, unnamed status that is itself an effect of its dominance. [...] The process of \"othering\" as an integral part of the identity formation of dominant whites is absolutely clear here.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin, “OTHER”, in Key Concepts in Post-colonial Studies, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2002, →ISBN, page 171:",
          "text": "The ambivalence of colonial discourse lies in the fact that both these processes of ‘othering’ occur at the same time, the colonial subject being both a ‘child’ of empire and a primitive and degraded subject of imperial discourse.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Lesley Head, “Hunter-gatherers, Land, and the Past”, in Second Nature: The History and Implications of Australia as Aboriginal Landscape (Space, Place, and Society), Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 15:",
          "text": "Australians are conscious of multiple Otherings, both oppressive and affectionate. As white Australians locate Aboriginal people metaphorically \"out there,\" so the rest of the world locates us all \"down under.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon 1715–99, London: Allen Lane, →ISBN; republished London: Penguin Books, 2003, →ISBN, page 553:",
          "text": "The process of political othering was not simply a rhetorical consequence of the Revolution's own unifying political culture.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Makau [W.] Mutua, “Terrorism and Human Rights: Power, Culture, and Subordination”, in Mary B. Bowman, Mark P. Popiel, editors, Buffalo Human Rights Law Review, volume 8, Buffalo, N.Y.: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-03-06, page 7:",
          "text": "The civilizing mission, which is central to both international law and human rights, requires the definition of the native in particular language in which he is stripped of full humanity to justify the “othering” process, or the re-creation of the non-European in the image of the European.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 May 2, “Can the Jummas of Bangladesh Speak?”, in Jumjournal, archived from the original on 2019-07-12:",
          "text": "These new set of decisions may or may not be put into operation, but the process of constructing suspicion and othering of the Jummas is already in place. Jummas cannot be called \"adibashis\" [natives], Jummas cannot be recognised in the constitution, Jummas have to be called \"khudro nri-goshthi\" [insignificant people], Jummas cannot talk to anyone without a chaperone, government officials will prevent celebration of indigenous peoples' day – the list goes on.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Mikkel Thorup, “Democratic Hatreds: The Making of ‘the Hating Enemy’ in Liberal Democracy”, in Thomas Brudholm, Birgitte Schepelern Johansen, editors, Hate, Politics, Law: Critical Perspectives on Combating Hate, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 221–222:",
          "text": "Democratic codes are the underlying discursive structure of democratic readings and evaluations of the world. A common distinction of codes is between the ethnos and the demos understanding of the democratic populace, that is, a prepolitical, possibly ethnic, and a political understanding of what constitutes \"the people.\" It is often taken as given that the ethnos-version spells violence, racism, and differentiation, whereas the demos-version spells the possibiliy of peace and inclusion. I want to question that to explore how they both serve as resources for democratic otherings.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 17, Kathrine Jebsen Moore, “A Witch-hunt on Instagram”, in Claire Lehmann, editor, Quillette, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2019-03-02:",
          "text": "“I want to say this gently,” a comment from a user identified only as Sarah began, “because I can tell your intent is to share your personal evolution and celebrate facing your fear of the unknown, and that’s great. I just need to point out that there’s a lot of ‘othering’ happening in this post.”",
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      "word": "ötekileştirme"
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