Word Meanings - EXTERNALISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism. (more info) 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
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That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism. (more info) 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.
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- PUNCTILIOUS
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars. "A punctilious observance of divine laws." Rogers. "Very punctilious copies of any letters. - RIGIDITY
1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. 2. Stiffness - PUNCTILIO
A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony. They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. Fuller - CEREMONIOUSNESS
The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious. - PARADE
An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private , according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous - EXTERNALISM
That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism. (more info) 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. - POMPOSITY
The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray. - FORMALISM
The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion. Official formalism. Sir H. Rawlinson. - FRIGIDITY
1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne. 2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness