ALTERITY

Noun

alterity (countable and uncountable, plural alterities)

(philosophy, anthropology) Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.

Source: Wiktionary


Al*ter"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. altérité.]

Definition: The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. [R.] For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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