otherness

[ uhth -er-nis ]

/ ˈʌð ər nɪs /

the state or fact of being different or distinct.

the quality or state of being perceived or treated as different, foreign, strange, etc.: Certain ethnic groups embrace their otherness.

Origin of otherness

First recorded in 1580–90; other + -ness

Only Too—ticky helps him learn to respect them in their otherness.

Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins |John Garth |August 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When I entered middle school, I was crushingly self-conscious of my otherness.

Living On—And Leaving—America’s Biggest Commune |Rena Mundo Croshere |November 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I “embrace” my “otherness,” to spew that overused phrase of early '90s identity reclamation.

Norway’s New Cultural Anxiety |Keshni Kashyap |July 24, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Church spokesman Michael Purdy describes the ads as an attempt to downplay Mormon “otherness.”

Mormons Rock! |Walter Kirn |June 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The promise of “otherness” and change that had made Obama so sexy to so many stands shorn of its magic.

Obama's Vanishing Sex Appeal |Tunku Varadarajan |September 6, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Two cardinal facts lie ever at the base of thought: Unity and Variety—oneness and otherness.

The World's Greatest Books -- Vol XX -- Miscellaneous Literature and Index |Various
He brought them the odor of foreign travel, the flavor of city, the "otherness" that everybody craves.

The End Of The World |Edward Eggleston
This otherness is due to the existence of combination and disintegration in the sphere of the manifested.

The Development of Metaphysics in Persia |Muhammad Iqbal
Then not by reason of otherness is the one other than the not-one, or the not-one other than the one.

Parmenides |Plato
It does not pass over into otherness; it remains, steadfast, and abiding in itself.

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy |W. T. Stace

otherness

/ (ˈʌðənɪs) /

the quality of being different or distinct in appearance, character, etc