alterity
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Al·ter·i·ty
n.
[F. altérité.]
The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. [R.]
For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented.Coleridge.
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy:
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alterity
Term used in postmodern writings for the ‘otherness’ of others, or sometimes the otherness of the self. See alienation.
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alterity
[from F. altérité] /al TER ity/
the state of being other or different; diversity, otherness
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