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Everyone you love was one until a single sentence rewrote the category.
means A person you don't know — someone outside your circle of acquaintance, whether they're a passing face on the street or a newcomer to a place.
from From Old French 'estrangier' (foreign, alien), which grew from Latin 'extraneus' meaning 'external, from outside' — itself rooted in 'extra,' 'outside.' The same Latin source quietly fathered 'strange' and 'extraneous,' so a stranger is, at heart, simply someone from the outside not yet let in.
- word root
- From Latin extraneus, meaning from the outside
- effect
- People confess more to strangers than to friends
- camus
- His novel L'Étranger sold millions worldwide
- danger myth
- Most child abductors are known, not strangers
- kindness
- Strangers help in emergencies faster in small crowds
the stranger by camus — 1942 novel about meursault, an emotionally detached man in 1940s algeria who commits murder
stranger things — netflix series launched 2016 set in hawkins, indiana with alternate dimension creatures
stranger danger campaigns — 1970s-80s child safety movement warning children about talking to unknown adults