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exteriority

[ ik-steer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or- ]
/ ɪkˌstɪər iˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr- /
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noun, plural ex·te·ri·or·i·ties.
the state or fact of being exterior.
something exterior.
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Origin of exteriority

First recorded in 1605–15; exterior + -ity

Words nearby exteriority

extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuatory, exterior, exterior angle, exteriority, exteriorize, exterminate, exterminator, exterminatory, extermine
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Words related to exteriority

coating, facade, skin, surface, area, expanse, exterior, face, level, side, top, appearance, aspect, cover, external, finish, outside, polish, rind, shell

How to use exteriority in a sentence

  • A second limitation is found inPg 238 the unvarying exteriority of his method of presenting human nature.

    Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer

  • This feeling of exteriority of sound seems to require transmission through the membrana tympani.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2|Various

  • Exteriority does not interest Poictevin, who is nevertheless a landscape painter; intimate and charming.

    Egoists|James Huneker

  • Hawthorne freely confesses to this constant exteriority, and appears to have been perfectly conscious of it.

    Hawthorne|Henry James, Junr.
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