foreignness

English

Etymology

From foreign +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹən.nəs/

Noun

foreignness (countable and uncountable, plural foreignnesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 165:

     The same courteous, automatic greeting […] which by now I understood as a nod to my foreignness, which was obvious to everyone everywhere.

2. (countable) A characteristic that indicates foreignness.

Translations

quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外國特色／外国特色 (wàiguó tèsè), 外來性／外来性 (wàiláixìng), 異物性／异物性 (yìwùxìng)

• Czech: cizost (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vieraus (fi), vierasmaalaisuus
• French: extranéité (fr) f
• German: Fremdheit (de) f
• Greek: εξωτικότητα f (exotikótita)
• Portuguese: estrangeirismo (pt) m
• Russian: чу́ждость (ru) f (čúždostʹ)
• Spanish: ajenidad (es) f

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