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CURIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being alien or not native
Example:
the strangeness of a foreigner
Synonyms:
curiousness; foreignness; strangeness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("curiousness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curiousness"):
exoticism; exoticness; exotism (the quality of being exotic)
alienage; alienism (the quality of being alien)
Derivation:
curious (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A state of active curiosity
Synonyms:
curiousness; inquisitiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("curiousness" is a kind of...):
curiosity; wonder (a state in which you want to learn more about something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curiousness"):
nosiness; prying; snoopiness (offensive inquisitiveness)
Derivation:
curious (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns))
