strangeness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
  2. noun (physics) one of the six flavors of quark
  3. noun the quality of being alien or not native

Etymology

From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unfamiliarity

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