English > unfamiliarity: 1 sense > noun 1, attributeMeaning | unusualness as a consequence of not being well known. |
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Synonym | strangeness |
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Attributes | foreign, strange | relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
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Narrower | abnormality, freakishness | marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal |
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eccentricity | strange and unconventional behavior |
eeriness, ghostliness | strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear |
oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet | A strange attitude or habit |
outlandishness, bizarreness, weirdness | strikingly out of the ordinary |
quaintness | strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned |
singularity | strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual |
Broader | unusualness | uncommonness by virtue of being unusual |
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Opposite | familiarity | usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known |
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Spanish | desconocimiento, extrañeza, rareza |
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Catalan | desconeixement, extranyesa |
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Adjectives | unfamiliar | not known or well known |
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