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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
                • Various classes of noncoding RNAs target each other for posttranscriptional regulation via alternative splicing, polyadenylation, 5′ capping, nontemplated modifications, and RNA editing.
                • An (E)-style manager, on the other hand, will proact. He will try to imagine where the ball is going to land and go there and get ready to hit it.
                • Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the centre.
              2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                • Other grades of paper, such as uncoated free sheet paper used in electronic printers and copiers, are increasing in per capita consumption.
                • Other factors could also be at play: if fertiliser is not carefully stored and handled it can volatilise, with important proportions of its precious nitrogen content simply wafting up into the air.
                • Other areas over which the US Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility
              3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                • The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
                • The two concepts are often confused, but they actually have very little to do with each other.
                • They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute and then went home and phoned each other!
            • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
              1. Adjectives
                • Adverbs
                  • Uncomparable adverbs
                  • Conjunctions
                    • Determiners
                      • Nouns
                        • Countable nouns
                        • Verbs
                          • Transitive verbs
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                        2. en otherwise
                        3. en other's
                        4. en otherworldly
                        5. en other'n
                        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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