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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

exteriority en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪkˌstɪɹiˈɔɹɪti/ (US)
  • /ɛkˌstɪɹiˈɑɹɪti/ (US)
  • /ɛkˌstɪɹiˈɔɹɪti/ (US)
  • /ɪkˌstɪɹiˈɑɹɪti/ (US)

Etymology

From exterior + -ity. Compare French extériorité.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) surface; externality; outside
    • Man's knowledge of God is an attempt to perceive himself in the mirror of exteriority; man exteriorizes his own essence before he recognizes it in himself, and the opposition between God and man is a 'mystified' version of the opposition between the species and the individual. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 115:

Forms

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exteriorities Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nonexteriority