Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
- noun Hence In metaphysics, the state of being out of, and distinguishable from, the perceiving mind, and not merely from the ego or subject; externality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
- noun (Metaph.) The state or quality of being distinguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing material quality; externality; objectivity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The extent to which someone, particularly a
lesbian , is open about hersexuality . - noun philosophy The
collective of things that are distinct from theobserver . - noun philosophy The
property of being distinct.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Certainly doesn't cover the breadth and "outness" of modern paganism, I admit.
Philocrites: Reading your way to Unitarian Universalist ordination. 2005
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How from sensations do we get what Berkeley called 'outness'?
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Leslie Stephen 1868
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The workshop will cover topics like when to say no to media, outness, crafting your message, interview techniques, and basic skills for creating text, video, and audio.
Call for Applications: Speak Up! Media Training for the Empowered Sex Worker « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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Therefore, says Toth, it is only natural that all parties standing to gain from these ventures would eventually reach a state of guilt-induced "sell-outness" combined with an underlying, debilitating ennui that must result in surrender.
James Napoli: Beatles Music Pulled From iTunes: "Everyone Is Finally Rich Enough" James Napoli 2010
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Therefore, says Toth, it is only natural that all parties standing to gain from these ventures would eventually reach a state of guilt-induced "sell-outness" combined with an underlying, debilitating ennui that must result in surrender.
James Napoli: Beatles Music Pulled From iTunes: "Everyone Is Finally Rich Enough" James Napoli 2010
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Therefore, says Toth, it is only natural that all parties standing to gain from these ventures would eventually reach a state of guilt-induced "sell-outness" combined with an underlying, debilitating ennui that must result in surrender.
James Napoli: Beatles Music Pulled From iTunes: "Everyone Is Finally Rich Enough" James Napoli 2010
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Therefore, says Toth, it is only natural that all parties standing to gain from these ventures would eventually reach a state of guilt-induced "sell-outness" combined with an underlying, debilitating ennui that must result in surrender.
James Napoli: Beatles Music Pulled From iTunes: "Everyone Is Finally Rich Enough" James Napoli 2010
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I was reeling from my mother's suicide and the aftermath of the Married Man, not to mention the general freaked-outness of my country, post-9/11.
Flightless Parrot Sex Fresca 2009
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This is not only because the routine is relentless, the day-in/day-outness of hastily eaten meals, homework help and heart-to-hearts, things that must be done and done and then done again.
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I promise I won't ask this again, but will you do me a favour and distract me from my creeped outness right now?
blog: Dramatics 2008
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