Otherness Meaning
/ˈʌðərnəs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being different or distinct.
nounThe result or product of being different or distinct.
Sentence Examples
History is a journey into otherness.
The English teacher's cruel remarks perpetuate a sense of otherness and discrimination.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The theme of ____ explores how people from different cultures feel alienated.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The novel explored themes of ____ and belonging through the eyes of an immigrant family.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English otherness From other + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As Floya Anthias argues in her chapter, there is a need to fight against all those constructions of difference and identity that exclude and devalorise, and against all those social practices that construct identities and differences in naturalised, collectivised and binary ways and in terms of hierarchical otherness, unequal resource allocation and modes of inferiorisation (see also Anthias 1998a)."
— 2002, Floya Anthias, Cathie Lloyd, Rethinking Anti-racisms: From Theory to Practice, →ISBN, page 9:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The theme of ____ explores how people from different cultures feel alienated.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The novel explored themes of ____ and belonging through the eyes of an immigrant family.