Otherness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Otherness \Oth"er*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being other or different; alterity;
     oppositeness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  otherness
       n : the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different
           from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: {distinctness},
            {separateness}]