Othering
//ˈʌðəɹɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 gerund of other: the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different. form-of, gerund, uncountable, usually
"[T]he For-self-ness of the one must therefore make the other something other than it is immediately set in the judgment: this self-preservation through subjection of the other under itself is therefore immediately an othering of this other; but the nature of Judgment must at the same time equally assert itself in this alteration and sublate at the same time this otherness."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of other form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Othering is a hallmark of fascism."
Etymology
From other + -ing.
More for "othering"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.