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foreignness

noun as in strangeness

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Example Sentences

These were the same girlfriends, half of whom were home-schooling moms pre-covid, whose ideas about K-12 learning were foreign to me.

That dependence on foreign chipmakers has long been source of anxiety for China’s leaders.

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Their basic belief was that if you could stay with people in a foreign country and learn about them directly and vice versa, we would be more likely to have world peace.

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With the bulk of the votes counted, government officials pointed to the threat of “foreign influence” campaigns — or misinformation — that would try to cast doubt on the election results.

This is the largest foreign direct investment in Telangana, a state that was formed in 2014, said Rama Rao.

Beyond that, however, he is doubly affected by his foreignness.

The rich clothing became him well, and had just a hint of foreignness, as if commonly he were more roughly garbed.

Yet every time we cross the Channel we are reminded in some fresh way of the foreignness of foreign countries.

Aggie, whose speech had the prettiest faintest foreignness, sweetly and eagerly quavered.

The foreignness as an asset overcame his objection to the French, and “an actress” also sounded unconventional.

Such words are not unknown to the Englishman, but when he uses them it is with a plain sense of their foreignness.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to foreignness, such as: newness, weirdness, abnormality, bizarreness, eccentricity, and exoticism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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