noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being outward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
outwardness
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UK: /ˈaʊtwədnɪs/
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UK: /-nəs/
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US: /ˈaʊtwɚdnɪs/
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US: /-nəs/
noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being outward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inwardness
Broader terms: extraversion, extroversion
noun
Meaning 4
the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the outwardness of the world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: externality
Antonyms: inwardness
Broader terms: position, spatial relation
Narrower terms: worldliness
noun
Meaning 5
concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste
- an abstract conception with feelings of reality and spatial outwardness attached to it
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inwardness
Broader terms: cognitive state, state of mind
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English outward Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English outwardness From outward + -ness.