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UNFAMILIARITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
Synonyms:
strangeness; unfamiliarity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unfamiliarity" is a kind of...):
unusualness (uncommonness by virtue of being unusual)
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 "unfamiliarity"):
crotchet; oddity; queerness; quirk; quirkiness (a strange attitude or habit)
eeriness; ghostliness (strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear)
abnormality; freakishness (marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal)
singularity (strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual)
bizarreness; outlandishness; weirdness (strikingly out of the ordinary)
quaintness (strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned)
eccentricity (strange and unconventional behavior)
Antonym:
familiarity (usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known)
Derivation:
unfamiliar (not known or well known)
