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The synonyms of “Strangeness” are: unfamiliarity, curiousness, foreignness, oddity, eccentricity, oddness, peculiarity, bizarreness, weirdness, queerness, unexpectedness, unusualness, abnormality, atypicality, incongruity, incongruousness, outlandishness, irregularity, singularity
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “strangeness” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| abnormality | An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies. Miscarriage can be caused by fetal abnormality. |
| atypicality | The quality of not being representative of a type, group, or class. We would stress the atypicality of the presentation. |
| bizarreness | Strikingly out of the ordinary. |
| curiousness | The quality of being alien or not native. |
| eccentricity | A ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis. A circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity. |
| foreignness | The quality of being alien or not native. |
| incongruity | The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate. The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her. |
| incongruousness | The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate. |
| irregularity | A thing that is irregular in form or nature. There is evidence that fraud and irregularity continue on a large scale. |
| oddity | A strange or peculiar person or thing. She was regarded as a bit of an oddity. |
| oddness | The parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two. |
| outlandishness | Strikingly out of the ordinary. |
| peculiarity | A characteristic that is distinctive of a particular person or place. His essays characterized decency as a British peculiarity. |
| queerness | The state or condition of being strange. The queerness of it gave me a kind of fright. |
| singularity | Strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual. Maybe the singularity just happened and we didn t notice. |
| unexpectedness | Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected. The unexpectedness of the warm welcome. |
| unfamiliarity | The quality of not being known or recognized. Her unfamiliarity with the area results in her getting lost. |
| unusualness | Uncommonness by virtue of being unusual. |
| weirdness | Strikingly out of the ordinary. The photos show the extreme weirdness of the objects. |
| abnormal | Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development. Abnormal profits. |
| abnormality | Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality. Miscarriage can be caused by fetal abnormality. |
| anomaly | Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule. The position abounds in anomaly. |
| awkward | Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance. An awkward pause followed his remark. |
| bizarre | Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. A bizarre situation. |
| deviation | The amount by which a single measurement differs from a fixed value such as the mean. Deviations from Standard English. |
| eccentric | A person of a specified kind usually with many eccentricities. A friendly eccentric. |
| eccentricity | A measure of the extent of deviation from circularity. A circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity. |
| eerie | Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious. An uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods. |
| exotic | An exotic plant or animal. Exotic cuisine. |
| foible | A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual. They have to tolerate each other s little foibles. |
| grotesque | Art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants. A figure wearing a grotesque mask. |
| maverick | An unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it. He s the maverick of the senate. |
| mysterious | (of a person) deliberately enigmatic. She was mysterious about herself but said plenty about her husband. |
| odd | Of the remaining member of a pair. She looked younger than her fifty odd years. |
| oddity | A strange attitude or habit. Realizing the oddity of the remark he retracted it. |
| offbeat | (informal) strikingly unconventional. A rapid tempo is essential here otherwise we will not sense the offbeat hemiolas. |
| outlandish | Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. Three wise outlandish kings. |
| peculiar | Belonging exclusively to. The peculiar character of the Government of the U S. |
| quaint | Strange in an interesting or pleasing way. Quaint country cottages. |
| quirk | (with reference to a person’s mouth or eyebrow) move or twist suddenly, especially to express surprise or amusement. A strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan. |
| surreal | Having the qualities of surrealism bizarre. As irrational and surreal as a dream. |
| uncanny | Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences- John Galsworthy. An uncanny feeling that she was being watched. |
| uncommon | Marked by an uncommon quality especially superlative or extreme of its kind. Doing an uncommon amount of business. |
| unearthly | Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul. Unearthly quiet. |
| unprecedented | Never done or known before. An unprecedented expansion in population and industry. |
| unusual | Remarkable or interesting because different from or better than others. A scene of unusual beauty. |
| weird | Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences. Some trick of the moonlight some weird effect of shadow. |
| zany | A zany person. His zany humour. |
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