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Meaning of "alterity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALTERITY

alterity  [ɔːlˈtɛrɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALTERITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alterity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALTERITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alterity

Alterity is a philosophical term meaning "otherness", strictly being in the sense of the other of two. In the phenomenological tradition it is usually understood as the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed, and it implies the ability to distinguish between self and not-self, and consequently to assume the existence of an alternative viewpoint. The concept was established by Emmanuel Lévinas in a series of essays, collected under the title Alterity and Transcendence. The term is also deployed outside of philosophy, notably in anthropology by scholars such as Nicholas Dirks, Johannes Fabian, Michael Taussig and Pauline Turner Strong to refer to the construction of "cultural others". The term has gained further use in seemingly somewhat remote disciplines, e.g. historical musicology where it is effectively employed by John Michael Cooper in a study of Goethe and Mendelssohn. Alterity is a process that has taken place actively throughout time, as charted through generations of history. The effects of alterity can be tracked through a variety of forms of behavioral modes and interventions, both consensual and non consensual.

Definition of alterity in the English dictionary

The definition of alterity in the dictionary is the quality of being different.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALTERITY


ambidexterity
ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
asperity
æˈspɛrɪtɪ
austerity
ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
celerity
sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ
charity
ˈtʃærɪtɪ
coprosperity
ˌkəʊprɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
dexterity
dɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
ferity
ˈfɛrɪtɪ
majority
məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ
minority
maɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
posterity
pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
pretty
ˈprɪtɪ
procerity
prəʊˈsɛrɪtɪ
prosperity
prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
security
sɪˈkjʊərɪtɪ
sinisterity
ˌsɪnɪˈstɛrɪtɪ
temerity
tɪˈmɛrɪtɪ
verity
ˈvɛrɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALTERITY

alterably
alterant
alteration
alterations
alterative
altercate
altercation
altercative
altered chord
alterer
altern
alternance
alternant
alternat
alternate
alternate angles
alternate history
alternate reality game
alternately
alternatim

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALTERITY

breach of security
clarity
homeland security
in the majority
indexterity
insincerity
integrity
inverity
jequerity
legerity
maturity
priority
purity
queerity
severity
similarity
sincerity
social security
solidarity
sorority

Synonyms and antonyms of alterity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alterity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALTERITY

Find out the translation of alterity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alterity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alterity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alteridad
570 millions of speakers

English

alterity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alterity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغيرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инаковость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alteridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alterity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

altérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perubahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alterität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

他者性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alteritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alterity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alterity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फलितपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başkalığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alterità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інакшість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alteritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ετερότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alteriteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alterity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alterity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alterity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALTERITY»

The term «alterity» is regularly used and occupies the 80.830 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALTERITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alterity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alterity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alterity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALTERITY»

Discover the use of alterity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alterity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and the Question of the Animal
Uses readings of science fiction texts to explore the centrality of animals for our ways of thinking about human.
Sherryl Vint, 2012
2
Self-awareness and Alterity: A Phenomenological Investigation
As a contribution to the current philosophical debate concerning self-awareness, the book presents a comprehensive reconstruction of Husserl's theory of pre-reflective self-awareness, thereby criticizing a number of prevalent ...
Dan Zahavi, 1999
3
Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses
In Mimesis and Alterity Taussig undertakes and eccentric history of the mimetic faculty.
Michael T. Taussig, 1993
4
Alterity: The Experience of the Other
Most of these theories operate as if this concept is well understood and quite stable. This book challenegs that notion by examining ideas about alterity in several different fields.
Clive Hazell, 2011
5
Aspects of Alterity: Levinas, Marcel, and the Contemporary ...
This is the claim that Aspects of Alterity defends. Taking up the question of otherness that so fascinates contemporary continental philosophy, this book asks what it means for something or someone to be other than the self.
Brian Treanor, 2006
6
Alterity and Transcendence
This first English translation of a series of twelve essays offers a unique glimpse of Levinas defining his own place in the history of philosophy.
Emmanuel Lévinas, 1999
7
Grammars of Identity/alterity: A Structural Approach
This collection focuses on one theoretical proposition, namely, that the seemingly universal processes of identity formation and exclusion of the 'other' can be differentiated according to three modalities.
Gerd Baumann, André Gingrich, 2005
8
Figures of Alterity: French Realism and Its Others
This book focuses on the extension of realist writing toward alterity, toward otherness, in its ongoing efforts to enable individuals to speak and be heard correctly.
Lawrence R. Schehr, 2003
9
Alterity Politics: Ethics and Performative Subjectivity
"In a new and stimulating manner, Jeffrey Nealon confronts precisely those questions that have been of the most central importance in literary studies and does not rest content with the commonly articulated answers to these questions.
Jeffrey Thomas Nealon, 1998
10
William Carlos Williams and Alterity: The Early Poetry
Many critics have noticed the paradoxes and contradictions in the work of William Carlos Williams but few have analyzed them in detail.
Barry Ahearn, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALTERITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alterity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Opinionator | Looking 'White' In the Face
I think you are hitting on an irreducible element in the phenomenology of “alterity,” the very nub of it: Were I there, there would be “here.” That is ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
The Highlands Street Fair Fling
Young rockers Alterity take the stage followed by folk singer, Katey Laurel. The Acoustic Mining Company brings their bluegrass song style to ... «North Denver Tribune, Jun 15»
3
Why photography matters
The Women of the World: Home and Work in Barcelona project is conceived within this context where alterity features in the everyday, and in ... «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
4
Unsuitable candidates
When asked how she would integrate an understanding of alterity into her work, she remarked that it concerned other than her immediate ... «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»
5
UIMA hosts poets Vasyl Makhno and Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko
... in the book “Literature, Exile, Alterity: The New York Group of Ukrainian Poets,” by Maria Rewakowicz (Academic Studies Press, 2014). «The Ukrainian Weekly, Jun 15»
6
The big difference a little time can make
... sense of constructed narratives of difference, but want visitors to consider it as an issue of alterity and an opportunity to think about selfhood. «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
7
A Framework for Understanding our Ethical Relationships with …
Alterity Relationship: The technology is perceived as being something alien or 'other' in nature. For example, some people have this reaction to ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
8
The Arab Uprisings and the Blossoming of a 'Global Imaginary'
During these expressions of resistance, a particular social imaginary was generated, a symbolic identity, forming around the unified position of alterity. «Student Pulse, Jun 15»
9
'Parrhesia': the radical destruction of impunity
The pure cynic represents radical alterity, a constant challenge to a life of conformity, but also a profoundly anti-political and potentially ... «Open Democracy, May 15»
10
Aussie Icons (Kylie, Elle and Lleyton) by Abdul Abdullah. Source …
Through his paintings, videos and photographs he addresses the marginalisation and alterity that underpins Muslim experience in the Western ... «The Australian, May 15»

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