Meaning alterity
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alterityA term used in postcolonial theory to indicate a culture that is radically different from and totally outside that to which it is opposed. Disputed by those who argue that all cultures evolve in relat [..]
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alterity"the state of being other or different"; the political, cultural, linguistic, or religious other. The study of the ways in which one group makes themselves different from others.
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alterityThe state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. "For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented." (Coleridge) Origin: F. Alterite. (01 Mar 1998)
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(philosophy,anthropology) Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
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