English Explanatory Dictionary

defamiliarisation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.

Pronunciation

/diːfəˌmɪljəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Word forms

defamiliarisation defamiliarisations defamiliarization

Etymology

From de- + familiar + -isation; possibly a calque of Russian остранение (ostranenije) as used by Russian critic Viktor Shklovsky.

Synonyms

ostranenie
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