foreignness

Meanings

• Adjective

  The quality or state of being foreign or alien.

  - "The foreignness of the new students was evident in the classroom."
  - "The ambassador spoke about the cultural foreignness between our countries."

• Adjective

  The quality of being strange or unfamiliar.

  - "The explorer encountered great foreignness in the unexplored lands."
  - "The new technology brought a sense of foreignness to the elderly population."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with foreignness
morniness , ornateness , dorniness

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Variants

List of all variants of foreignness that leads to same result
foreign , foreignness , foreignnesses

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'foreign', meaning 'beyond the seas' or 'belonging to another country'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'foreigner' originally referred to someone who lived beyond the 'forests' or 'frontiers' of one's own country.

2. In some cultures, wearing foreign clothing or using foreign language is seen as a sign of wealth or status.

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Related Concepts

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1. xenophobia: An irrational fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers.

2. cosmopolitanism: A philosophy that values cultural diversity and encourages openness to other ways of life.

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Culture

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Foreignness has been used extensively in literature and art to explore themes of identity, otherness, and cultural differences. It is often portrayed as a barrier that separates individuals or groups, and can be a source of fear, curiosity, or fascination.

How to Memorize "foreignness"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a map with different countries, representing foreignness as the distance between them.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with a feeling of unfamiliarity or strangeness.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'F' for foreign or alien, 'O' for unfamiliar or strange.

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