otherhood
otherhood noun: the state or quality of being other.
Noun
otherhood (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being other.
- This otherhood, itself based on solidarity with other human beings, provides the difference which evades paradox.1994, Norbert Wiley, The Semiotic Self, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 131
- The attempt to remake nature in terms of grace and to restructure the world according to other-worldly postulates resulted in the eventual loss of transcendent otherhood.1997, Adam B. Seligman, The Problem of Trust, Princeton University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 48
- Synonyms:
- otherness
Synonyms of otherhood
Origin of otherhood
From other + -hood.
Questions about otherhood
- What does otherhood mean?
- Otherhood means the state or quality of being other.
- What part of speech is otherhood?
- Otherhood is a noun.
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