foreignness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *foreignness*:
NOUN	attribute	foreignness, strangeness, curiousness	the quality of being alien or not native

English > *foreignness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of being alien or not native.
Synonyms	strangeness, curiousness
Attributes	foreign, strange	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
Narrower	alienage, alienism	The quality of being alien
Narrower	exoticism, exoticness, exotism	The quality of being exotic
Broader	quality	An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Opposite	nativeness	The quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
Spanish	extrañeza, rareza
Catalan	estranyesa, raresa
Adjectives	foreign	not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

HyperDic: foreignness