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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

alterity en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
    • Nominal declensions, verbal case endings, gerundival constructions, in short, the full range of grammatical alterations—for which Sanskrit has a particular genius and meticulous order—announce language itself as a field of alterity. 2014, Dan Lusthaus, Buddhist Phenomenology, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
alterities Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

alteritism · altarity

Relateds

alterous

Synonyms

otherness

Translations (17)

cs jinakost (otherness) · cmn 他異性 /他异性 (otherness) · de Alterität (otherness) · hu másféleség (otherness) · hu másság (otherness) · es alteridad (otherness) · ga eachtarthacht (otherness) · ca alteritat (otherness) · cmn 他性 (otherness) · pt outridade (otherness) · ga eileacht (otherness) · fr altérité (otherness) · hu különbözőség (otherness) · fi toiseus (otherness) · cmn 相異性 /相异性 (otherness) · nl anders zijn (otherness) · pt alteridade (otherness)