Meanings
plural outside worlds
- idiomaticThe rest of the world outside of some closed, restricted, or remote environment.
1 more example
The people of Tibet represent a separate case. Conquered by the Chinese in 1950, occupied brutally by troops who killed thousands, desecrated local cultural and religious sites, and denied reasonable demands for autonomy, Tibetans have elicited much sympathy but little support from the outside world.
1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 179–180
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe world external to the human mind.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 外界
- 外界 (wàijiè)rest of the world outside of some closed environment
Dutch buitenwereld
- buitenwereldrest of the world outside of some closed environment
Finnish ulkomaailma
- ulkomaailmarest of the world outside of some closed environment
French monde extérieur
- monde extérieurrest of the world outside of some closed environment
German Außenwelt
- Außenweltrest of the world outside of some closed environment
Hungarian külvilág
- külvilágrest of the world outside of some closed environment
Japanese 外界
- 外界 (gaikai)rest of the world outside of some closed environment
Norwegian Bokmål omverden, utenverden
- omverdenrest of the world outside of some closed environment
- utenverdenrest of the world outside of some closed environment
Polish świat zewnętrzny
- świat zewnętrznyrest of the world outside of some closed environment
Portuguese mundo lá fora
- mundo lá forarest of the world outside of some closed environment
Russian вне́шний мир
- вне́шний мир (vnéšnij mir)rest of the world outside of some closed environment
Vietnamese thế giới bên ngoài
- thế giới bên ngoàirest of the world outside of some closed environment
Cite this entry
outside world. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outside%20world
“outside world.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outside%20world. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outside world,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outside%20world.
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