defamiliarized
Rendered newly unfamiliar
Defamiliarized describes something made to seem strange or unfamiliar, often deliberately.
The technique appears in art and literature, where ordinary objects or situations are presented in ways that force fresh perception: The film defamiliarized suburban life, making the mundane seem alien.
What was once automatic or invisible becomes noticeable again.
State of being isolated
- disconnectionState of being severed
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- othernessQuality of being unlike
estrangement · foreignness · displacement · isolation · dissociation · anomie · outsider · disaffection
Eerily beyond normal
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
unsettling · disconcerting · bewildering · dreamlike · otherworldly · eerie · peculiar · bizarre
Quality of being original
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
fresh-eyes · reawakening · illumination · clarity · vividness · intensity · attentiveness · mindfulness
Given new interpretive setting
- reimaginedConceived again differently
- reframedViewed from new angle
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- abstractedLost in thought
fragmented · inverted · subverted · disrupted · deconstructed · reconfigured · estranged · displaced
alienation
State of being isolated
- disconnectionState of being severed
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
otherness · estrangement · foreignness · displacement · isolation · dissociation · anomie · outsider · disaffection · separation
uncanny
Eerily beyond normal
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- surrealDreamlike and strange
jarring · unsettling · disconcerting · bewildering · dreamlike · otherworldly · eerie · peculiar · bizarre · weird
foregrounding
Making textual features prominent
- formalismPrivileging structure over substance
novelty
Quality of being original
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
awakening · fresh-eyes · reawakening · illumination · clarity · vividness · intensity · attentiveness · mindfulness · presence
recontextualized
Given new interpretive setting
- reimaginedConceived again differently
- reframedViewed from new angle
- distortedMisshapen from original form
abstracted · fragmented · inverted · subverted · disrupted · deconstructed · reconfigured · estranged · displaced · altered
defamiliarizedfamiliar
Known from experience
familiarized · normalized · naturalized · habituated · recognized
defamiliarizedconventionalized
Made standard or traditional
standardized · formulaic · clichéd · hackneyed · stock
defamiliarizedautomatized
Made self-acting
routinized · mechanized · unconscious · automatic · instinctive