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The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.

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  1. n. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
  2. n. That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
  3. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. E. Eggleston. 2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
  4. That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only withexternals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
  5. n. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. n. That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.