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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If the uncanny is about the familiar in the strange, Eggers lays out a historical familiar for us to find modern strangeness within.
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Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Much of the new Nosferatu’s unsettling strangeness is crystallized in the pair’s unusual psychic connection.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
There’s more richness and strangeness in the beautiful land than its creatives have released into the theater.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Doubly surprising is that, for all its strangeness – or perhaps because of it – the mashup often works.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2024
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Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Much of the new Nosferatu’s unsettling strangeness is crystallized in the pair’s unusual psychic connection.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
There’s more richness and strangeness in the beautiful land than its creatives have released into the theater.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Doubly surprising is that, for all its strangeness – or perhaps because of it – the mashup often works.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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