foreignness

Noun

foreignness (countable and uncountable, plural foreignnesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
   • The same courteous, automatic greeting […] which by now I understood as a nod to my foreignness, which was obvious to everyone everywhere.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 165
   • The word “saudade” is being quite misused for what looks like to be a need for adding romantic foreignness to a story or an article.2019 January 30, Naty, “Dear gringos, the Portuguese word “Saudade” doesn’t mean what you make it sound like”, in Naty's Bookshelf
2. (countable) A characteristic that indicates foreignness.