outness
Britishnoun
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the state or quality of being external
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outward expression
Example Sentences
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But I don’t think framing outness as some sort of requirement for seeking to publish a work of fiction, for any audience, does much to foster a welcoming environment for coming out.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2020
But our outness is for us, not them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2019
In this case, we should consider the runner to be safe, not out, considering that the fact of his outness necessarily depends on machine superseeing.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2019
But Mr. Sivan is a part of a wave, including Mr. Smith and Olly Alexander of Years & Years, whose outness is matter-of-fact.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2018
He maintains, in the plainest terms, that the eye has no intuition of space, or of the reciprocal outness of visible objects.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various
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