foreignness
- n the quality of being alien or not native
- I lowered my sunglasses, thinking that my light eyes and obvious foreignness usually a quick pass out of any brush with Afghan officialdom would speed us through the .
- It processes the experiences of the foreign traveler into a focused examination of the relationship between foreignness and being "native," particularly the nature of "Americanness.
- Nowadays, when millions are living in places not fully their own, foreignness is nothing to write home about.