Antonyms for outlandishness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : out-lan-dish

Phonetic Transcription : aʊtˈlæn dɪʃ

Definition of outlandishness

Origin : Old English utlendisc "of a foreign country, not native," from utland "foreign land," literally "outland" (see out + land (n.)) + -ish. Sense of "unfamiliar, strange, odd, bizarre" (such as the customs of foreigners may seem to natives) is attested from 1590s.

As in oddity : noun abnormality
As in quirkiness : noun eccentricity
As in singularity : noun eccentricity
As in eccentricity : noun bizarreness, unusualness

Example sentences :

Perhaps it was just that outlandishness of the man which influenced old Swaffer.
Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad

The outlandishness of his garb made him the more noticeable, he knew, and he wished to avoid being seen.
Extract from : « The Jack-Knife Man » by Ellis Parker Butler

It makes a great impression of outlandishness to see the signs over the shop doors in a foreign tongue.
Extract from : « Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1 » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

You see more of the outlandishness of fashion in one day on Broadway than in a week on any one street of Boston.
Extract from : « Around The Tea-Table » by T. De Witt Talmage

He was just enough civilized to show off his outlandishness in the strangest possible manners.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for outlandishness

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