defamiliarisation.
The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
Meaning & usage
The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
Where this word comes from
From de- + familiar + -isation; possibly a calque of Russian остранение (ostranenije) as used by Russian critic Viktor Shklovsky.
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