Alterity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed. countable, uncountable

    "Nominal declensions, verbal case endings, gerundival constructions, in short, the full range of grammatical alterations—for which Sanskrit has a particular genius and meticulous order—announce language itself as a field of alterity."

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otherness

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"The religious may like the article "Glossolalia and Linguistic Alterity: The Ontology of Ineffable Speech.""

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