alterity

noun

alterity

noun

1

Anthropology, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.

Nominal declensions, verbal case endings, gerundival constructions, in short, the full range of grammatical alterations—for which Sanskrit has a particular genius and meticulous order—announce language itself as a field of alterity.2014, Dan Lusthaus, Buddhist Phenomenology, →ISBN:

Synonyms: otherness
Derived terms: altarity, alteritism
Related terms: alterous

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