What does foreignness mean?
Definitions for foreignness
for·eign·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
foreignness, strangeness, curiousnessnoun
the quality of being alien or not native
"the strangeness of a foreigner"
Wiktionary
foreignnessnoun
The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
foreignnessnoun
A characteristic that indicates foreignness.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Foreignnessnoun
Remoteness; want of relation to something.
Etymology: from foreign.
Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavouring to set me right. John Locke.
ChatGPT
foreignness
Foreignness is the state or quality of being foreign, unfamiliar, or strange. This can refer to something that originates from a different country, culture, place, or environment. It can also describe a sense of not belonging or fitting in, or being alien or different from what one is used to or considers normal or familiar. It is often associated with feelings of otherness, unfamiliarity or estrangement.
Webster Dictionary
Foreignnessnoun
the quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of foreignness in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of foreignness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- غربةArabic
- cizostCzech
- fremmedhedDanish
- FremdheitsGerman
- εξωτικότητα, αλλοτριότηςGreek
- extranjeríaSpanish
- بیگانگیPersian
- vieras ilmiFinnish
- extranéitéFrench
- foreignnessHindi
- külfHungarian
- keasinganIndonesian
- estraneitàItalian
- זָרוּתHebrew
- 異質性Japanese
- 외래성Korean
- barbariemLatin
- vreemdheidDutch
- fremmedhetNorwegian
- obcośćPolish
- foreignnessPortuguese
- străinătățiiRomanian
- чуRussian
- foreignnessSwedish
- வெளிநாட்டுத்தன்மையைக்Tamil
- foreignnessThai
- yabancılıkTurkish
- чуUkrainian
- foreignnessUrdu
- thuộc về nước khácVietnamese
- פאָרעיגננעססYiddish
- 異域Chinese
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