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outsideness

outsideness

7.5
Being outside something rather than inside it
  • noun
translation icon : exterioridad
  • The outsideness of the remote village provided a stark contrast to the bustling city life she was used to.

Examples

  • Second, such structural "outsideness" was most often complemented by strong signs of "otherness," such as language and/or ethnic difference.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Certainly, he paid a lot of critical attention to this category, but what is noteworthy are the distance and outsideness characterizing Reinhardt's treatment of it, and all the ways he tells us that the artist's identity is tied to social position and all the times he condemns its identification.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The artist embraced the quality of outsideness by creating works that reflected his experiences of living in different cultures.

  • Her sense of outsideness in the new city made her appreciate the beauty of her unfamiliar surroundings.

Synonyms

externality
vsoutsideness
1 8.4

An outside part of something that you can see

is the simple condition of being outside rather than a feature
outness
vsoutsideness
9.0

Being outside or separate from other things so it is easy to notice

is the same meaning but appears as a different form or variant
exteriority
vsoutsideness
9.9

Being on the outside of something, like a building or object

is a more general label for the same external quality
outwardness
vsoutsideness
7.9

Being on or facing the outside of a place

is more neutral naming mere outside state rather than outward direction

How External

outsideness
7.5
outside
413 1.0
edge
∞ 1.0
interior
329 3.0

Surface Forms

outsideness singular
outsidenesses plural

Morphology

outsideness = outside (transparent) = outside + ness

A regular nominalization formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to 'outside', yielding the state or quality of being outside.

Etymology

Outsideness comes from the simple parts out and side, meaning 'out' and 'edge'. So outsideness is the quality of being 'outside' or not inside something, like a sculpture placed in the open plaza.