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GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Verfremdung

defamiliarization; artistic estrangement (presenting familiar things in unusual ways to prompt fresh perception or reflection)

IN CONTEXT

Die Verfremdung durch wechselnde Stimmen ließ uns dieselbe Szene neu hören, obwohl am Wortlaut kaum etwas verändert worden war.

The defamiliarization created by changing voices made us hear the same scene afresh, although hardly anything in the wording had changed.

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