unfamiliarity

Other forms: unfamiliarities

Definitions of unfamiliarity
  1. noun
    unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
    synonyms: strangeness
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    antonyms:
    familiarity
    usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
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    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
    oddity, oddness
    eccentricity that is not easily explained
    tic
    a usually unconscious habit or quirk of speech or behavior
    type of:
    unusualness
    uncommonness by virtue of being unusual
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