word
Defamiliarization
dee-fuh-MIL-ee-er-ih-ZAY-shun
/ˌdiːfəˌmɪliərɪˈzeɪʃən/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
defamiliarization
Dictionary meaning
The Russian Formalist concept (ostranenie, coined by Viktor Shklovsky) that art presents ordinary things in unusual ways to force the reader to perceive them freshly, disrupting habitual, automatic perception.
Synonyms: ostranenie, making strange, estrangement
Common mispronunciations
de-fuh-MIL-yuh-rih-ZAY-shun (seven syllables, not six)
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