strangeness
noun
strange·ness
ˈstrānj-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being strange
2
: the flavor characterizing a strange quark
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Satan is a lover of strangeness and coincidence—of exposing the happiness of humans as a prelude to their misery, and sometimes their misery as a prelude to happiness.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
But season 2 was the show's perfect nexus between strangeness and brilliance.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
The strangeness begins with that Godlike narrator, who flicks a diabolical tail.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
But season 2 was the show's perfect nexus between strangeness and brilliance.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
The strangeness begins with that Godlike narrator, who flicks a diabolical tail.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strangeness
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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