other
verb/ˈʌðə(r)/
/ˈʌðər/
(disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they other | /ˈʌðə(r)/ /ˈʌðər/ |
| he / she / it others | /ˈʌðəz/ /ˈʌðərz/ |
| past simple othered | /ˈʌðəd/ /ˈʌðərd/ |
| past participle othered | /ˈʌðəd/ /ˈʌðərd/ |
| -ing form othering | /ˈʌðərɪŋ/ /ˈʌðərɪŋ/ |
- other somebody to view or treat somebody as completely different from yourself
- Racism can take the form of othering people we perceive as different and dismissing their concerns.
Word OriginOld English ōther, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German ander, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘different’.Definitions on the go
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