otherness
Example Sentences
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“A lot of them were exploring otherness and self-discovery through the archetypes of the genre because it was a way to express it at a time when those ideas were taboo,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
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
Amidst current events, what's really solidified my identity as a Jew is a sense of otherness and separateness from the rest of the community — a feeling that I’ve experienced for most of my life.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023
Now the painted group felt the otherness of Samneric, felt the power in their own hands.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
