outlandishness
Quality of absurdity
Outlandishness is the quality of being strikingly unusual, bizarre, or extravagantly unconventional.
The word suggests something so far from ordinary expectations that it borders on the absurd: the outlandishness of his claims, the sheer outlandishness of her costume.
It often carries a note of amusement or disbelief rather than disapproval.
Wildly illogical
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- ludicrousAbsurdly unreasonable or inappropriate
freakish · fantastical · weird · unearthly · strange · outre · oddity · anomalous
Strikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- alienNon-native being
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- foreignFrom another nation
- strangeUnusual or unfamiliar
otherworldly · novel · curious · remote · barbaric · unknown · unheard-of · far-flung
Idiosyncratically unusual
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- zanyAmusingly absurd
kooky · oddball · nonconformist · unconventional · bohemian · eccentric · singular · flamboyant
Strikingly bold in style
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
showy · gaudy · garish · loud · flashy · campy · hammy · melodramatic
absurd
Wildly illogical
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
ludicrous · freakish · fantastical · weird · unearthly · strange · outre · oddity · anomalous · peculiar
exotic
Strikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- alienNon-native being
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- foreignFrom another nation
strange · otherworldly · novel · curious · remote · barbaric · unknown · unheard-of · far-flung · imported
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
zany · kooky · oddball · nonconformist · unconventional · bohemian · eccentric · singular · flamboyant · erratic
flamboyant
Strikingly bold in style
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
dramatic · showy · gaudy · garish · loud · flashy · campy · hammy · melodramatic · bombastic
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
outlandishnessconventionality
Adherence to accepted customs
normalcy · ordinariness · normality · commonplaceness · typicality
outlandishnessfamiliarity
Knowledge through experience
commonality · recognizability · knowability · homeliness · domesticity
outlandish, outlands, outlander, outlanders, outlandishly, outland