The same courteous, automatic greeting […] which by now I understood as a nod to my foreignness, which was obvious to everyone everywhere.
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Foreignness
/ˈfɔɹən.nəs/
Synonyms for "foreignness" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
Noun(7 words)
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5 entriescultural foreignnesseconomic foreignnessnonnative statusoutsider statusperceived foreignness
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1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The word “saudade” is being quite misused for what looks like to be a need for adding romantic foreignness to a story or an article.
Source: wiktionary