foreignness

Definitions

The quality or state of being unfamiliar, strange, or alien.

The characteristic of being from or relating to another country or culture.

Examples

She felt a sense of foreignness as she walked through the bustling streets of the unfamiliar city.

The author explores the foreignness of the alien landscape through vivid and unsettling descriptions.

Synonyms

alienness strangeness otherness exoticism unfamiliarity remoteness outsider status

Antonyms

familiarity nativeness closeness belonging homeliness intimacy domesticity