Definition of "foreignness" [for•eign•ness]

• The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness. (noun)
• A characteristic that indicates foreignness. (noun)

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• "Yet the merit of this formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness is entirely Shamsie's."
• "The final damning evidence of my foreignness was my grandmother herself, when she appeared in school on those days set aside for parents to visit classes."
• "Alfredson is Swedish, which may account for his detachment in viewing the film's setting as another country with three layers of 'foreignness' - the recent past, Britain, and the machinations within the Circus."