noun
Word Origin late Middle English (as alterite): from Old French alterité or its source, late Latin alteritas, from Latin alter ‘other’.
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Philosophical concept
Alterity is a philosophical and anthropological term meaning "otherness", that is, the "other of two". It is also increasingly being used in media to express something other than "sameness", or something outside of tradition or convention. Wikipedia