outsideness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]outsideness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being outside.
- 1980 August 16, Michael Bronski, “Does Life Incriminate Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 11:
- 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.
- 2007, Mary Roberts, Intimate outsiders:
- Outsideness, however, does not necessarily equate with powerlessness.