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foreignness

noun as in strangeness

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Example Sentences

Beyond that, however, he is doubly affected by his foreignness.

The rich clothing became him well, and had just a hint of foreignness, as if commonly he were more roughly garbed.

Yet every time we cross the Channel we are reminded in some fresh way of the foreignness of foreign countries.

Aggie, whose speech had the prettiest faintest foreignness, sweetly and eagerly quavered.

The foreignness as an asset overcame his objection to the French, and “an actress” also sounded unconventional.

Such words are not unknown to the Englishman, but when he uses them it is with a plain sense of their foreignness.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foreignness, such as: newness, weirdness, abnormality, bizarreness, eccentricity, and exoticism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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