1. The quality or state of being foreign; the characteristic of belonging to, coming from, or relating to another country.
Usage: Plural form of foreignness; Abstract noun
2. The quality of being strange, unfamiliar, or not belonging to one's own experience or environment.
Usage: Plural form of foreignness; Often used in cultural or social contexts

Examples

• The foreignnesses of the customs in that region fascinated the anthropologists.
• Despite living there for years, she still felt the foreignnesses of the language and culture.
• The foreignnesses between the two communities made communication difficult at first.
• He was struck by the foreignnesses of the architecture in the old city.
• The foreignnesses of their traditions gradually became less strange to the newcomers.
• She wrote about the foreignnesses she encountered during her travels abroad.