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externalism
/ ɪkˈstɜːnəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- exaggerated emphasis on outward form, esp in religious worship
- a philosophical doctrine holding that only objects that can be perceived by the senses are real; phenomenalism
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Derived Forms
- exˈternalist, noun
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Other Words From
- ex·ternal·ist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of externalism1
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Example Sentences
The fallacy of the Socialist program is not in its radicalism, but in its externalism.
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Some of these are good enough, but they nearly all culminate in an ambitious externalism.
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They tore off the accumulated husks of externalism, but kept intact the real kernel of religion.
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"O foolish Galatians," he seems still to be saying, What is it that charms you so much in all this ritual and externalism?
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He opposes the law of Pharisaic externalism in the interests of the law of Christian love.
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