Obs.0 [ad. med.L. aliētāt-em, f. alius other: cf. varius, variētas, variety, and see -TY.] The condition of being other or different.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Aliety, otherness; a term in Philosophy.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Alterity amounts to the same with what others call aliety, alietas.