strangification

Noun

strangification (uncountable)

1. The act or process of making strange or exotic.
   • More precisely, it is a 'strangification' of these peoples in the policy text by leaving their enactments 'outside' of what is inscribed as necessary for achieving European citizenship.2013, Maria Olson, “Citizenship Education without Citizenship? The Migrant in EU Education Policy on European Citizenship—Toward the Margin through 'Strangification'”, in Reinhold Hedtke, Tatiana...
   • All is elegantly phrased, a collection of efficient yet evocative images, attesting to the strangification of a scene, to us and to the poet, already a bit exotic for its tropical location.2017, Garrett Hongo, The Mirror Diary: Selected Essays, page 75
2. The act or process of extending so as to become understandable by others.
   • In this sense, strangification is the minimum reasonable approach to globalization, as it is directly opposed to hegemony.2007, Zhao Dunhua, Dialogues of Philosophies, Religions and Civilizations in the Era of Globalization, page 201
   • Simply put, human life is an unceasing process of self-exension by way of 'strangification' as well as self-awareness by way of reflection.2012, Stephen B. Scharper, Ingrid Leman-Stefanovic, The Natural City: Re-envisioning the Built Environment, page 118
3. The process of transporting (something) into an entirely new context, leading to new insights.