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foreignnesses

foreignnesses is the plural of foreignness.

Meaning of 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
  2. (countable) A characteristic that indicates foreignness.

Questions about foreignnesses

What is foreignnesses the plural of?
Foreignnesses is the plural of foreignness.

Words near foreignnesses in the dictionary

  1. foreignizers
  2. foreignizes
  3. foreignizing
  4. foreignly
  5. foreignness
  6. foreignnesses
  7. foreigns
  8. forein
  9. foreintend
  10. foreintended
  11. foreintending

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