strangeness
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When Hua Yan’s 18th-century painting “Brushfire With Animals Fleeing” was first exhibited in a 1990 show, it taught U.S. audiences about the aesthetics of strangeness in early modern Chinese painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
After the robots noisily clunked down the stairs, the strangeness of the encounter began to fade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
But its strangeness also seems appropriate, considering the epic oddity of the South African’s ascension from mistrusted Silicon Valley wannabe to ever-confident cheerleader for space dreams and electric vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Yet when Mr. Basciano details leprosy’s history—and the particular social strangeness the disease tends to evoke—“Outcast” becomes more compelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In my mind I pulled away the layer of strangeness that had covered everything.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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