The quality or state of being alien, foreign, or strange; the condition of estrangement or separation.
From alien + -cy (a suffix forming nouns of state or quality, from Old French -cie, Latin -cia). An archaic or poetic formation meaning the state of being alien or outsider.
This rare word captures something philosophers love: the feeling of not belonging—your sense of aliency might explain why immigrants, artists, and teenagers so often feel misunderstood.
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