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  • The "Other" (or "Constitutive Other") is a concept of the identity of difference that is discussed within some works of Continental philosophy and in the social sciences, such as across the taxonomies of anthropology.
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    Definition of other in English Dictionary

  • NounPLothers
    1. An other one, more often rendered as another.
      1. I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others. ‎
    2. The other one; the second of two.
      1. One boat is not better than the other. ‎
  • VerbSGothersPRotheringPT, PPothered
    1. VT To make into an other.
      1. "Rican" is code for its homonym, "redskin,"' through which they othered this non-Mexican ethnic group.
    2. VT To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
      1. VT (ethnicity or race) To label as "other".
      2. AdjectiveCOMmore otherSUPmost other
        1. See other (determiner) below.
          1. second.
            1. I get paid every other week.
          2. Alien.
            1. In Matthew's account, the law remains intact, as does virtually everything except that critical belief in Jesus as the Messiah (obviously no small thing), and this is not enough to make Matthew completely other from its Jewish origins.
          3. Different.
            1. it is inherent, rather, in the revolutionary attempt of the West to externalize the idea of a source of meaning wholly other than what is embodied in human conventions and hierarchies.
          4. OBS Left, as opposed to right.
          5. AdverbCOMmore otherSUPmost other
            1. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
              1. Other than that, I'm fine.
            2. OBS otherwise.
              1. It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
              2. If you think other. — Shakespeare.
          6. Conjunction
            1. OBS Or.
            2. Determiner
              1. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
                1. Other people would do it differently. ‎
            3. More Examples
              1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                • Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.
                • At first the shilling each way I put on horses was not my own but the concession allowed me by the street bookmaker for the other bankers' bets I brought him.
                • Eleven of these genes contained signal peptides and were potentially secreted, and others included genes encoding enzymes such as hydrolases, kinases, cytochromes, and chloroperoxidases.
              2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                • Other notable Canadian censorship attempts are have had such strong Streisand Effects, they might as well have directed and starred in the romantic drama Prince Of Tides.
                • Other tyrosine kinase inhibitors are evaluated as well, of which the Syk inhibitors, fostamatinib and entospletinib, might be of particular interest in the near future.
                • Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.
              3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                • The census overcounted people in some neighborhoods, and undercounted them in others.
                • During the current renovation, Sage has been able to repurchase several of these elements on eBay and has refabricated others.
                • There’s a word that we use in consumer behavior —— it singularizes the couple and communicates that this couple is like no other.
            • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
              1. Adjectives
                • Adverbs
                  • Uncomparable adverbs
                  • Conjunctions
                    • Determiners
                      • Nouns
                        • Countable nouns
                        • Verbs
                          • Transitive verbs
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                        1. en others
                        2. en otherwise
                        3. en other's
                        4. en otherworldly
                        5. en otherly
                        Source: Wiktionary
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                        Meaning of other for the defined word.

                        Grammatically, this word "other" is an adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a conjunction. It's also a determiner. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.
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