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noun

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.

The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; as, the outwardness of the world.

Synonyms: externality.

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Etymology of 'Outwardness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outwardness" Quotes from Famous Books

... founded on two characteristics: sensation is considered external in relation to the idea, and an object of cognition is considered as internal when it is accessible only to ourselves. When these two characteristics are isolated from each other, one may have doubts; but when they co-exist, then the outwardness or inwardness appears fully evidenced. We see then that this distinction has nothing to do with the value of consciousness, and has nothing ...

— The Mind and the Brain - Being the Authorised Translation of L'me et le Corps • Alfred Binet

... other, magic language, and had the other, finer bearing, both of which she could perceive, but could never attain to. The vicar moved in worlds beyond where her own menfolk existed. Did she not know her own menfolk: fresh, slow, full-built men, masterful enough, but easy, native to the earth, lacking outwardness and range of motion. Whereas the vicar, dark and dry and small beside her husband, had yet a quickness and a range of being that made Brangwen, in his large geniality, seem dull and local. She knew her husband. But in the vicar's nature ...

— The Rainbow • D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence