outsideness

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noun

The state or condition of being outside.

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Meanings

nounoutsideness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being outside.

    Outsideness, however, does not necessarily equate with powerlessness.

    2007, Mary Roberts, Intimate outsiders
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    We should not be content with the compromises of integration or assimilation. Our "outsideness" has given us a special vision. We cannot capitulate, but must use it to change the world.

    1980 August 16, Michael Bronski, “Does Life Incriminate Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 11

Origin

From outside + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tediousness
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APA

outsideness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsideness

MLA

“outsideness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsideness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outsideness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outsideness.

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