Meanings
nounalterity (countable and uncountable, plural alterities)
plural alterities
- countableuncountableanthropologyOtherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
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.
2014, Dan Lusthaus, Buddhist Phenomenology, →ISBNSynonyms: otherness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOtherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
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Translations
Catalan alteritat
- alteritatotherness
Chinese Mandarin 相異性 /相异性, 他異性 /他异性
- 相異性 /相异性otherness
- 他異性 /他异性 (tāyìxìng)otherness
- 他性 (tāxìng)otherness
Czech jinakost
- jinakostotherness
Dutch anders zijn
- anders zijnotherness
Finnish toiseus
- toiseusotherness
French altérité
- altéritéotherness
German Alterität
- Alteritätotherness
Hungarian másféleség, különbözőség
- másféleségotherness
- különbözőségotherness
- másságotherness
Irish eachtarthacht, eileacht
- eachtarthachtotherness
- eileachtotherness
Portuguese alteridade, outridade
- alteridadeotherness
- outridadeotherness
Spanish alteridad
- alteridadotherness
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APA
alterity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alterity
MLA
“alterity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alterity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alterity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alterity.
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