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outwardness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun outwardness has 3 senses
- outwardness(n = noun.cognition) Array - concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit; "what is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste"; "an abstract conception with feelings of reality and spatial outwardness attached to it" is a kind of cognitive state, state of mind
- outwardness(n = noun.attribute) externality - the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world" has particulars: worldliness
- outwardness(n = noun.attribute) Array - a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness" is a kind of extraversion, extroversion
Antonym: inwardness
Derived form adjective outward1
is a kind of position, spatial relation
Antonym: inwardness
Antonym: inwardness
Derived form adjective outward1
CIDE DICTIONARY
outwardness, n.
- concern with outward things or material objects (esp the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the spirit or ideal concepts; as, hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness. [WordNet 1.5]
- the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; as, the outwardness of the world. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outwardness, n.
1 external existence; objectivity.
2 an interest or belief in outward things, objective-mindedness.
1 external existence; objectivity.
2 an interest or belief in outward things, objective-mindedness.
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