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
"Let's keep celebrating the otherness," she said during her acceptance speech.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Because I break bread with and claim to be part of this marked construct, this otherness, complete with jail time within the carceral state, allow me to enlighten you.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2024
And her English, her immigrant English, has a touch of otherness that makes it unintentionally prerise.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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