otherness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

otherness
    n 1: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different
         from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: {otherness},
         {distinctness}, {separateness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Otherness \Oth"er*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being other or different; alterity;
   oppositeness.
   [1913 Webster]

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