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Alterity

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Alterity"

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Word	Definition
alietynoun	(obsolete) The state of being different; otherness.
otherwisenessnoun	(philosophy) The quality of being otherwise.
altaritynoun	(philosophy) Otherness exalted as if a religious concept.
othernessnoun	(uncountable) The quality of being different or distinct.
otherhoodnoun	The state or quality of being other.
entitynoun	That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
alternatenessnoun	The state or quality of being alternate.
foreignnessnoun	(uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
quodditynoun	(philosophy) The individual identity of something.
differentnessnoun	(uncountable) The state or quality of being different.
other-worldlinessnoun	Alternative form of otherworldliness. [The quality of being otherworldly.]
individualitynoun	(uncountable) The characteristics that contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.
otherlinessnoun	Quality of being otherly.
indifferentismnoun	(religion) The doctrine that all religions are equally valid.
outnessnoun	The quality of being out, or outside.
impersonhoodnoun	Lack of personhood.
differencenoun	(uncountable) The quality of being different.
otherworldnessnoun	Synonym of otherworldliness.
thrownnessnoun	(philosophy) The Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world.
ecceitynoun	Alternative form of haecceity. [(philosophy) The essence of a particular thing that gives it its unique particularity; those qualities that make an individual this specific individual and not some other.]