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Alterity vs Alternity - What's the difference?

alterity | alternity |

As nouns the difference between alterity and alternity

is that alterity is otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed while alternity is alternation.

alterity

English

Noun

(wikipedia alterity)
  • (philosophy, anthropology) Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.

    • Derived terms

    * altarity

    alternity

    English

    Noun

    (alternities)
  • (archaic) alternation
  • The concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.

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