Definition of "othering" []

• The process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as fundamentally different or alien. (noun)

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• "Like related forms of "othering" -- racism and its relatives in all their many noxious forms -- they serve to bring "us" together -- albeit in a misdirected and dangerous way -- and make us want to fight the vague but threatening "them.""
• ""othering" -- there was never a chance for re-integration."
• "Hence the verb-form of "othering" as an act of discrimination."