Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being other.
This otherhood, itself based on solidarity with other human beings, provides the difference which evades paradox.
1994, Norbert Wiley, The Semiotic Self, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 1312 more examples
The attempt to remake nature in terms of grace and to restructure the world according to other-worldly postulates resulted in the eventual loss of transcendent otherhood.
1997, Adam B. Seligman, The Problem of Trust, Princeton University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 48The result is a life of “otherhood” where the individual is divided from any sense of community or social identity.
2010, Robert Vanderlan, Intellectuals Incorporated: Politics, Art, and Ideas Inside Henry Luce's Media Empire, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 275Synonyms: otherness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being other.
Origin
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