outness
noun
out·ness
Definition of outness
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: the quality or state of being out; specifically : the quality or state of being distinguishable from the perceiving mind by existing in space and possessing materiality : externality are more than thought and have an outness, a reality sui generis — S. T. Coleridge
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Origin and Etymology of outness
3out + -ness
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