alterity

Definitions

The state of being other or different; otherness.

The quality of being distinct or separate from the self, often used in philosophical or sociological contexts.

Examples

The novel explores the profound sense of alterity experienced by immigrants navigating a foreign culture.

Philosophers often debate how we can truly comprehend the radical alterity of the 'other' without imposing our own biases.

Synonyms

otherness difference distinctness alienness strangeness dissimilarity divergence

Antonyms

sameness identity likeness uniformity homogeneity similarity oneness