Outsideness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being outside. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From outside + -ness.

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