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Meaning of Foreignness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈfɔɹən.nəs

Definitions

  1. The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.
  2. A characteristic that indicates foreignness.

Equivalents

العربية الإغتراب
Čeština cizost
Deutsch Fremdheit
Ελληνικά ξενικότητα
Español ajenidad
Français extranéité
עברית לועזיות
Português estrangeirismo
Русский чу́ждость

Examples

“The same courteous, automatic greeting […] which by now I understood as a nod to my foreignness, which was obvious to everyone everywhere.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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