English Explanatory Dictionary

strangeness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
  2. The product or result of being strange.
  3. One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.

Word forms

strangeness strangenesses

Etymology

From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.

Synonyms

abnormalcy abnormalism abnormality abnormity anomalousness atypicality crotchet deviancy eccentricity enormity extraordinariness freakishness irregularity nonnormality oddity oddness peculiarness queerhood queerness quirk quirkiness rumness strangeness unusuality unusualness weirdness

Antonyms

normality

Related words

strange stranger strangely

Derived words

high strangeness multistrangeness
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