As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
Possibly coined by George Berkeley for his 1709 Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision
outness (usually uncountable, plural outnesses)
(philosophy) The collective of things that are distinct from the observer.
(philosophy) The property of being distinct.
• (property): otherness, externality, (rare) outwardness
Popularised by Lynne Pearlman in her 1989 thesis Theorizing Lesbian Oppression and the Politics of Outness in the Case of Waterman v. National Life Assurance
outness (uncountable)
The extent to which someone, particularly a lesbian, is open about her sexuality.
• tonuses
Source: Wiktionary
Out"ness, n.
1. The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: The state or quality of being distanguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing marerial quality; externality; objectivity. The outness of the objects of sense. Sir W. Hamiltom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 May 2024
(noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.