outwardness

Other forms: outwardnesses

Definitions of outwardness

1. noun

   the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
   “the outwardness of the world”

   synonyms: exteriority, externality

   antonyms:

   inwardness

   the quality or state of being inward or internal

   types:

   worldliness

   concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs

   type of:

   position, spatial relation

   the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
2. noun

   concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit
   “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”

   antonyms:

   inwardness

   preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values

   type of:

   cognitive state, state of mind

   the state of a person's cognitive processes
3. noun

   a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)
   “hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness”

   antonyms:

   inwardness

   preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)

   type of:

   extraversion, extroversion

   (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self