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   alien

   /ˈeɪlɪən/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to a foreign country: "an alien culture" Similar foreignoverseasnon-nativeexternaldistantremoteOpposite native
   • ▪ (of a plant or animal species) introduced from another country and later naturalized: "many food chains are based upon alien plants"
   • 2. unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful: "principles that are alien to them" Similar unfamiliarunknownunheard offoreignstrangepeculiaroddbizarreoutlandishremoteexoticnovelincompatible withunusual foropposed toconflicting withcontrary toadverse toin conflict withat variance withantagonistic tounacceptable torepugnant tohostile toinimical torare:oppugnant toOpposite familiarfamiliar
   • 3. supposedly from another world; extraterrestrial: "alien beings" Similar extraterrestrialother-worldlyunearthlyMartianVenutianJovianOpposite earthly

   noun

   • 1. a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where he or she is living: "an enemy alien" Similar foreignerforeign nationalnon-nativeimmigrantemigrantémigréincomernewcomervisitoroutsiderstrangerOpposite native
   • ▪ a plant or animal species originally introduced from another country and later naturalized.
   • 2. a hypothetical or fictional being from another world: "she discovers that the alien's spaceship has crashed" Similar extraterrestrialETMartianVenutianJovianinformal:little green man

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. alienness noun

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