For the woman the child is a completion, and a liberation from all strangeness and insecurity: it is also, mentally, a sign of maturity.
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Strangeness
Synonyms for "strangeness" (192 found)
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Related words (96)
lunacymadnessmaggotmaidenhoodmalformationmaniamannerismmental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmesonmind overthrownmindsicknessmint conditionmonstrosity
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monstrousnessmystiqueneutronnewbornnessnewfanglednessnewfanglenessnewnessnmrnonconformitynovelnessnoveltynownessnuclear forcenuclear magnetic resonancenuclear particlenuclear resonancenucleonnucleosynthesisnucleusoddnessoriginalityoutlandishnesspeculiarityphotonpixilationpossessionpresentnesspristinenessprotonquaintnessqueernessquipquirkquirkinessrabidnessrawnessreasonlessnessrecencyrecentnesssenselessnessshattered mindsick mindsicknesssingularitystrong interactionteratismtricktritontwistunbalanceunbalanced minduncommonnessunconventionalityunnaturalnessunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of mindunusualnessvalence electronvirginitywhimwhimsicalitywhimsywitlessness
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9 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀτοπία noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Arabic
1 entries- غَرَابَة noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Catalan
1 entries- estranyesa noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
French
3 entries- étrangeté noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- étrangeté noun ((countable) result of being strange)
- étrangeté noun (quantum number of subatomic particles)
Greek
1 entries- αλλοτριότητα noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Irish
2 entries- aduaine noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- éagsúlacht noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Latvian
2 entries- dīvainums noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- dīvainība noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Lezgi
1 entries- къарибвал noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Romanian
2 entries- raritate noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- raritate noun ((countable) result of being strange)
Russian
2 entries- стра́нность noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- стра́нность noun ((countable) result of being strange)
Spanish
4 entries- extrañez noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- extrañez noun ((countable) result of being strange)
- extrañez noun (quantum number of subatomic particles)
- extrañeza noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Turkish
2 entries- gariplik noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
- tuhaflık noun ((uncountable) quality of being strange)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
When Rhodopis was bathing, an eagle snatched one of her sandals from her maid and carried it to Memphis; and while the king was administering justice in the open air, the eagle, when it arrived above his head, flung the sandal into his lap; and the king, stirred both by the beautiful shape of the sandal and by the strangeness of the occurrence, sent men in all directions into the country in quest of the woman who wore the sandal; and when she was found in the city of Naucratis, she was brought up to Memphis, became the wife of the king, and when she died was honoured with a great tomb.
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It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.
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Ziri never realized the strangeness of the situation.
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