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nounthe quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
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nouna concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)Opposite:type of:
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nounconcern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spiritOpposite:type of:
Examples of outwardness
- "the outwardness of the world"
- "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness"
- "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"