# othering

Pronunciation: say "UH-thur-ing" /ˈʌðəɹɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The process of perceiving or portraying a person or group as essentially alien or different. — gerund of other: the process of perceiving or portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different.
   - Simple: The act of treating a person or group as strange or completely different from your own.
   - _The report examined the othering of refugees through dehumanizing language in political speeches._
   - _Colonial narratives relied on the othering of native populations to justify conquest._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of other. — present participle and gerund of other
   - Simple: Present participle of other. Use this form for the ongoing act of treating someone as different or as an outsider.
   - _The textbook was criticized for othering indigenous cultures as primitive curiosities._
   - _Media coverage kept othering the protesters, framing them as a foreign menace._

## Origin

Formed from "other" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/othering (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).