strangeness
noun
strange·ness
ˈstrānj-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being strange
2
: the flavor characterizing a strange quark
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His feature directorial debut, world premiering in the Perspectives program of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, serves up a mix of existential strangeness and such themes as mental health, identity, and disorientation in the digital age.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
This strangeness causes all sorts of internal agitation, an uneasiness about humanity’s closeness to animality.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
The strangeness of literary journalism—with its recording of an idiosyncratic collision between a writer and a subject, its melding of the subjective and the objective—stands in ever-greater relief.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
To hone this particular strangeness, Glowicki worked with her cast to find the characters best suited for each individual performer, all of whom outside of the writer/director/star play multiple parts.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
This strangeness causes all sorts of internal agitation, an uneasiness about humanity’s closeness to animality.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
The strangeness of literary journalism—with its recording of an idiosyncratic collision between a writer and a subject, its melding of the subjective and the objective—stands in ever-greater relief.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
To hone this particular strangeness, Glowicki worked with her cast to find the characters best suited for each individual performer, all of whom outside of the writer/director/star play multiple parts.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Strangeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangeness. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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