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English noun: strangeness

1. strangeness (attribute) unusualness as a consequence of not being well known


Synonymsunfamiliarity


Broader (hypernym)unusualness


Narrower (hyponym)abnormality, bizarreness, crotchet, eccentricity, eeriness, freakishness, ghostliness, oddity, outlandishness, quaintness, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, singularity, weirdness


Attributeforeign, strange


Antonymsfamiliarity

2. strangeness (cognition) (physics) one of the six flavors of quark


Broader (hypernym)flavor, flavour


Domain categoryhigh energy physics, high-energy physics, particle physics

3. strangeness (attribute) the quality of being alien or not native


SamplesThe strangeness of a foreigner.


Synonymscuriousness, foreignness


Broader (hypernym)quality


Narrower (hyponym)alienage, alienism, exoticism, exoticness, exotism


Attributeforeign, strange


Antonymsnativeness









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