defamiliarisation
/diːfəˌmɪljəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It therefore works via a process of ‘defamiliarisation’ (ostranenie) (Shklovsky instances defamiliarisation as an effect to be found in riddles with their play on words, and in euphemistic references to erotic subjects)."
- "Fourth, and finally, while postmodernist works like Lodge’s Changing Places and Small World give the impression of being satires, because of their self-conscious and rather thick use of parody as a means to defamiliarisation, along with their presentation of a humorous world, the satirical attack is actually deflected or blunted by the parody."
- "The fact that defamiliarisation need not be understood solely in linguistic terms is evident in all kinds of aesthetic experience: for example, a painting or a piece of music can also be understood as ‘defamiliarising’ habitual perceptions."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /diːfəˌmɪljəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/