Foreignness

for·eign  (fôrn, fr-)

adj.

1. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.

2. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.

3. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.

4. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.

5. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.

6. Not germane; irrelevant.

7. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.

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[Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin fornus, on the outside, from Latin fors, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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foreign·ness n.

Synonyms: foreign, alien, exotic, strange
These adjectives mean of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: a foreign accent; alien customs; exotic birds; moved to a strange city.

Thesaurus

Noun

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foreignness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" curiousness, strangeness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare exoticism, exoticness, exotism - the quality of being exotic; "he loved the exoticism of Egypt" alienage, alienism - the quality of being alien nativeness - the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin