strangening

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noun

The act or process of making or becoming strange.

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Meanings

strangening1

verb
  1. participlepresentpresent participle of strangen

strangening2

nounstrangening (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralrareThe act or process of making or becoming strange.

    Of course this deliberate strangening was an artificial procedure, but based on the valid idea that it is the poem (or painting or building) that matters, so that you should make the most direct contact with it that you can, first as a physical object appealing to the senses, […]

    2009, Robert Harbison, Travels in the History of Architecture

Origin

strangening · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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strangening · noun

From strangen + -ing.

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APA

strangening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangening

MLA

“strangening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangening. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangening,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangening.

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