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noun (n)

• concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  What is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste.
  An abstract conception with feelings of reality and spatial outwardness attached to it.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  The outwardness of the world.
  

  Synonym:
  externality
  Antonym:
  inwardness
  

  source: wordnet30
• a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts)(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  Hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness.
  

  Antonym:
  internality, inwardness
  

  source: wordnet30