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EXTERNALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
Example:
the outwardness of the world
Synonyms:
externality; outwardness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("externality" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "externality"):
worldliness (concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs)
Derivation:
external (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface)
external (coming from the outside)
