otherness
Example Sentences
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Ishmaelle finds this man’s presence a comfort and his otherness to be reassuring in the way it mirrors her own exile from home, her gender and from land itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
But the sense of otherness remained, even after Carlile married and had two kids with British charity director Catherine Shepherd.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
And I hope that any amount of otherness or racism they've experienced, they can find some catharsis and they can be proud to see Asian culture represented.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023
And then on the narrative side of Simpson Street, we’re so invested in upending otherness and what protagonists look like.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023
Some of my peers felt their otherness more acutely than I did.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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