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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The series advertises itself as a close look at a big figure—McMahon, in all his muscular strangeness.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The traveler is often captive to the slow-moving, and the marvelous, and the memorable, in strangeness.
—Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
But there is a certain way Chimp Crazy fixates on her strangeness that straddles the line between establishing a character and gawking at their oddities.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
In large part because of its strangeness, Palworld has surprisingly become among the year’s first, and loudest, blockbuster gaming successes.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
The traveler is often captive to the slow-moving, and the marvelous, and the memorable, in strangeness.
—Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
But there is a certain way Chimp Crazy fixates on her strangeness that straddles the line between establishing a character and gawking at their oddities.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
In large part because of its strangeness, Palworld has surprisingly become among the year’s first, and loudest, blockbuster gaming successes.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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