Definition of Alterity

1. n. The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.

Definition of Alterity

1. Noun. A philosophical and anthropological term for the 'other'. ''Cultural alterity'' is the process by which societies and cultures exclude particular people on account of their otherness. ¹

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Definition of Alterity

1. the state of being other or different [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Alterity

1. The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. "For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented." (Coleridge) Origin: F. Alterite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alterity

altercated
altercates
altercating
altercation
altercations
altercative
altercursive intubation
altered
altered self hypothesis
alteregoism
alterer
alterers
altering
alteriority
alterities
alterity (current term)
altern
alternacies
alternacy
alternans
alternansucrase
alternant
alternanthera
alternantheras
alternants
alternaria
alternarock
alternat
alternate
alternate(a)

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