outsideness

English

Etymology

outside + -ness

Noun

outsideness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being outside.
    • 1980 August 16, Michael Bronski, “Does Life Incriminate Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 11:
      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.
    • 2007, Mary Roberts, Intimate outsiders:
      Outsideness, however, does not necessarily equate with powerlessness.

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