foreignness
noun/ˈfɒrənnəs/
/ˈfɔːrənnəs/
[uncountable]- the fact of somebody/something being in or from a country that is not your own
- Lee's mistakes accentuate his foreignness.
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- (formal) the fact of being not known to somebody/something and therefore seeming strange
- the foreignness of the past
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