otherness
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otherness
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- The quality of being different or distinct. As Floya Anthias argues in her chapter, there is a need to fight against all those constructions of difference and identity that exclude and devalorise, and against all those social practices that construct identities and differences in naturalised, collectivised and binary ways and in terms of hier
- The result or product of being different or distinct.
Similar: alterity, difference, otherhood
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Similar: alterity, difference, otherhood
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noun the quality of being different or distinct
| Español | otredad |
|---|---|
| Português | alteridade |
| Français | altérité |
| Deutsch | Anderssein, Andersartigkeit, Alterität |
Talk about this word "otherness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/otherness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. otherness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/otherness "otherness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/otherness.Cite this
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title = {otherness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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