external
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4.4
- adjective
- /ɪkˈstɜrnəl/
:
superficial
- Well, I guess that's why she places so much emphasis on external validation to achieve personal happiness, yeah?
- external appearance
- purely external
- external signs
That's why I care about like lessening my reliance on external markers of totally expression.
- That's why I care about like lessening my reliance on external markers of totally expression.
- And the ways that I might have chased that were chasing these external goals, right.
- To find your way in life is not an external search.
- But external success won't fill an internal void.
- Well, you need to spend more time with you, less with external things.
- I, I, I, I'm, I'm a good looking person, OK, These are all external things.
- I subconsciously was like, now looking back, was looking for that external validation constantly.
- I think that my process is pretty external in a way.
Examples
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Social emotions are not directly connected to external manifestations and are thus more difficult to express visually.
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Like deriving our worth from from external things rather than what we have within.
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Some people are focusing on external, like what do people think about me?
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How do we adapt these to external things, to appearances?
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So it's not so dependent on external appearances.
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However, just looking at the external isn't the only part of the picture.
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Your happiness isn't based on external factors.
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And the ways that I might have chased that were chasing these external goals, right.
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I subconsciously was like, now looking back, was looking for that external validation constantly.
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People often prioritize external opinions over their true feelings, leading to superficial relationships.
Synonyms
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1.0
From people or things not in a group
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1.0
On the outside and farther from the center
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4.7
About the way something looks rather than how it is inside
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7.7
Not part of something and coming from outside
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.6
A blood vessel that carries blood to the face, tongue, and outer parts of the head
- Specialized
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5.9
A large blood vessel on each side of the lower abdomen that carries blood to the leg
- Specialized
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4.3
A large tube at the side of the neck that carries blood from the head to the chest
- Specialized
A flat slanted muscle on each side of the belly that helps turn and support the upper body
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood from the neck to the face, tongue, and outer parts of the head
- Specialized
A service on the internet where you keep files and access them from any device
- Specialized
A machine like a steam engine that burns fuel outside its cylinder to use the heat to make motion
- Specialized
Money a company loses when faulty products reach customers, for example from returns or repairs
- Specialized
A large vein in the pelvis that carries blood from the leg to the heart
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the surface of the nose toward a vein in the face
- Specialized
A flat muscle on each side of the stomach that helps twist the body and pull in the waist
- Specialized
An opening at the end of the tube from the bladder where urine comes out
- Specialized
The process of taking in oxygen and sending out carbon dioxide in the lungs
How Superficial
Surface Forms
Morphology
external = extern (semi-transparent) = extern + al
The sense 'superficial' or 'relating to outward appearance' is related to 'outside' but includes an evaluative nuance (superficial) that is not strictly compositional.
Etymology
The word external comes from the Latin externus meaning 'outside' and the prefix ex- meaning 'out', like in exterior. So when we speak of someone's external calm, we mean the calm that is on the 'outside' — the surface or appearance rather than the inner feeling.