aliety

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noun

The state of being different; otherness.

OriginMedieval Latin alietas ← Latin alius →
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Meanings

nounaliety (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe state of being different; otherness.

    But in our case there are but Two single Attributes, viz, Self-Knowing and Self-Loving, and yet each of those single Attributes imports Distinction and Aliety, (if I may use that word) in it's own Particular Notion.

    1700, John Sergeant, Transnatural Philosophy, or Metaphysicks

Origin

  1. Latinalius“other”
  2. Medieval Latinalietas
  3. Englishaliety

From Medieval Latin alietas, from Latin alius (“other”). By surface analysis, Latin ali(us) + -e- + -ty.

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