Outwardness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being outward; objectivity; externality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. concern with outward things or material objects (esp the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the spirit or ideal concepts.
  • noun. the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being outward.
  • noun. The result or product of being outward.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)
  • noun. concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit
  • noun. the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
  • Word Usage
    "A Deweyan representation of the reading experience (the experience of art in general) would balance the inwardness Birkerts evokes with an outwardness that also seeks satisfaction in the perception of form and style."
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