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Externality vs Outness - What's the difference?

externality | outness | Synonyms |

Externality is a synonym of outness.


As nouns the difference between externality and outness

is that externality is (uncountable) the state of being external or externalized while outness is (philosophy) the collective of things that are distinct from the observer or outness can be the extent to which someone, particularly a lesbian, is open about her sexuality.

externality

English

(wikipedia externality)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
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  • (countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
  • (economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.
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    • Derived terms

    * network externality * nonexternality

    outness

    English

    Etymology 1

    Possibly coined by for his 1709 Essay v=onepage&q=outness&f=false'>Towards a New Theory of Vision

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) The collective of things that are distinct from the observer.
  • * {{quote-book, 1709, title= Towards a New Theory of Vision], author=[[w:George Berkeley, George Berkeley],
    • , passage=From what we have shewn it is a manifest Consequence, that the Ideas of Space, Outness, and things placed at a distance are not strictly speaking, the Object of Sight.}}
  • (philosophy) The property of being distinct.
  • * {{quote-book, 2008, title=Hamilton, author=John Veitch
    • , passage=Distance means degree of outness of one thing from another; but it presupposes outness as a fact and a conception.}}

    Synonyms

    * (property) otherness, externality, (rare) outwardness

    Etymology 2

    Popularised by Lynne Pearlman in her 1989 thesis Theorizing Lesbian Oppression and the Politics of Outness in the Case of Waterman v. National Life Assurance

    Noun

    (-)
  • The extent to which someone, particularly a lesbian, is open about her sexuality.
  • * {{quote-book, 2008, title=Contemporary Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities, author=Debra A. Hope
    • , passage=Couples who are discrepant on outness may have conflict around such issues as where to live (e.g. in an obvious gay neighbourhood), whether to bring a partner to work-related social events, and how to introduce their partner to family members.}}