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Gestural abstraction, he felt, was clotted with sentimental extraneousness.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

He had, however, preserved his attitude of aloofness and extraneousness.

From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

Extrinsicality -- N. extrinsicality†, objectiveness, non ego; extraneousness &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark