EXTERNALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior

Example:

the outwardness of the world

Synonyms:

externality; outwardness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("externality" is a kind of...):

position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "externality"):

worldliness (concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs)

Derivation:

external (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface)

external (coming from the outside)