uncanniness
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uncanniness — “+ noun : the quality or state of being uncanny a curlew added to the uncanniness of the quiet solitude as its wail swept across the night Myrtle R. White … Useful english dictionary
Uncanniness — Uncanny Un*can ny, a. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott. {Un*can ni*ness}, n. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
uncanniness — noun see uncanny … New Collegiate Dictionary
uncanniness — See uncannily. * * * … Universalium
uncanniness — n. state of being uncanny, eeriness, weirdness, mysteriousness … English contemporary dictionary
uncanniness — un·canniness … English syllables
Uncanny — The Uncanny (Ger. Das Unheimliche scary , creepy ) is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, resulting in a feeling of it being uncomfortably strange or uncomfortably familiar.[1] (See… … Wikipedia
Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" — ( de. Hölderlins Hymne »Der Ister«) is the title given to a lecture course delivered by German philosopher Martin Heidegger at the University of Freiburg in 1942. It was first published in 1984 as volume 53 of Heidegger s Gesamtausgabe . The… … Wikipedia
uncanny — adjective Date: 1773 1. a. seeming to have a supernatural character or origin ; eerie, mysterious b. being beyond what is normal or expected ; suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers < an uncanny sense of direction > 2. chiefly Scottish… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Alexander Kluge — (born February 14 1932 in Halberstadt, in the vicinity of Magdeburg, Germany) is a noted film director and author. Early lifeAfter growing up during the Second World War, he studied law, history and music at the universities of Marburg and… … Wikipedia
