alterity

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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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