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outside world en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) The rest of the world outside of some closed, restricted, or remote environment.
   • 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:
2. The world external to the human mind.

Forms

Synonyms

external world (philosophy: world external to the mind)

Translations (13)

hu külvilág (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · fi ulkomaailma (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · ru вне́шний мир (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · cmn 外界 (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · pt mundo lá fora (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · nb omverden (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · vi thế giới bên ngoài (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · ka გარესამყარო (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · ja 外界 (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · nl buitenwereld (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · nb utenverden (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · fr monde extérieur (rest of the world outside of some closed environment) · de Außenwelt (rest of the world outside of some closed environment)