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Exoticism

The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.

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Curiousness 76% connected

Carefulness; painstaking.

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Foreignness 76% connected

The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness.

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Strangeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Africanism noun · 78% connection

A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.

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Alien adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

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Anglicism noun · 78% connection

An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English.

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Anglo-Saxonism noun · 78% connection

A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.

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Arabism noun · 78% connection

An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.

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Aramaism noun · 78% connection

An idiom of the Aramaic.

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Archaism adjective · 78% connection

An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.

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Atticism noun · 78% connection

The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.

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Atticize verb · 78% connection

To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.

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Briticism noun · 78% connection

A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

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Celticism noun · 78% connection

A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language.

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Chaldaism noun · 78% connection

An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

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