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Foreignness vs Estrangement - What's the difference?

foreignness | estrangement |

As nouns the difference between foreignness and estrangement

is that foreignness is (uncountable) the quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness while estrangement is the act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.

foreignness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
  • (countable) A characteristic that indicates foreignness.

    • estrangement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.
  • The state of being alien; foreign, non-native.

    • Synonyms

    * alienation

    Related terms

    * estrange * estranged