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otherness

[uhth-er-nis] / ˈʌð ər nɪs /






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What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Penfolds refers to these blends as "wine of the world", and says that they "possess an otherness that can best be described as worldly".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

Amidst current events, what's really solidified my identity as a Jew is a sense of otherness and separateness from the rest of the community — a feeling that I’ve experienced for most of my life.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023

And then on the narrative side of Simpson Street, we’re so invested in upending otherness and what protagonists look like.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023

In that moonlit hour, I acquired a sense of the otherness of things.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli




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