Onlook
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of looking on (something); observation.
"The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical."
- 2 That which is looked at, regarded, or considered.
- 3 One's perspective or outlook. rare
"This onlook is certainly foundational to Christianity. […] Religious belief is the conviction (or hope) that one's onlook conforms to an authoritative onlook, a divine onlook."
- 1 To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard. intransitive
"So they two fought for so long a time that those who onlooked were astonished at the strength and the courage and the endurance of those two champions, […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical."
Etymology
From on- + look. Compare Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”).
From on- + look. Compare Old English onlōcian.
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