foreignness

Definitions of foreignness
  1. noun
    the quality of being alien or not native
    synonyms: curiousness, strangeness
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    antonyms:
    nativeness
    the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
    types:
    exoticism, exoticness, exotism
    the quality of being exotic
    alienage, alienism
    the quality of being alien
    type of:
    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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