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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

area, top, level, face, exterior, skin, façade, expanse, side, coating, surface, peel, covering, stretch, obverse, cover, facet, outside, plane, periphery

Example sentences from the Web for exteriority

  • 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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