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aliety

aliety noun: the state of being different; otherness.

Noun

aliety (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being different; otherness.
    • But in our case there are but Two single Attributes, viz, Self-Knowing and Self-Loving, and yet each of those single Attributes imports Distinction and Aliety, (if I may use that word) in it's own Particular Notion.1700, John Sergeant, Transnatural Philosophy, or Metaphysicks

Origin of aliety

From Medieval Latin alietas, from Latin alius (“other”). By surface analysis, Latin ali(us) + -e- + -ty.

Questions about aliety

What does aliety mean?
Aliety means the state of being different; otherness.
What part of speech is aliety?
Aliety is a noun.

Words near aliety in the dictionary

  1. aliensdidit
  2. alienship
  3. Alieski
  4. aliethmoidal
  5. aliettite
  6. aliety
  7. alieve
  8. alieved
  9. alieves
  10. alieving
  11. alif

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