outsideness

English

Etymology

outside +‎ -ness

Noun

outsideness (uncountable)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• tediousness