Definition of Foreignness in English :

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Foreignness meaning in English

Meaning of Foreignness in English

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Foreignness

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Noun

1. curiousness, foreignness, strangeness

the quality of being alien or not native

Example Sentences:
'the strangeness of a foreigner'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Foreignness

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adjective
1. 
of, involving, located in, or coming from another country, area, people, etc
a foreign resident
2. 
dealing or concerned with another country, area, people, etc
a foreign office
3. 
not pertinent or related
a matter foreign to the discussion
4. 
not familiar; strange
5. 
in an abnormal place or position
foreign matter
foreign bodies
6. law
outside the jurisdiction of a particular state; alien

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Foreignness

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adjective
1. 
situated outside one's own country, province, locality, etc.
foreign lands
2. 
of, from, or characteristic of another country or countries
foreign languages
3. 
having to do with the relations of one country to another country or countries
foreign affairs, foreign trade
see also domestic
4. 
not subject to the laws or jurisdiction of the specified country
5. 
a. 
not natural to the person or thing specified; not belonging; not characteristic
a trait foreign to one's nature
b. 
not pertinent; irrelevant
6. 
not organically belonging; introduced from outside
said of substances found in parts of the body or in organisms where they do not naturally occur

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Foreignness

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adj.
1.
a. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.
b. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.
c. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.
2. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.
3. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.
4. Not germane; irrelevant.
5. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.

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