outsideness en · NOUN
Etymology
From outside + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being outside.
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:Outsideness, however, does not necessarily equate with powerlessness.
2007, Mary Roberts, Intimate outsiders: