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external worlds

external worlds is the plural of external world.

Meaning of external world

Noun

external world (plural external worlds)

  1. The world consisting of all the objects and events which are experienceable or whose existence is accepted by the human mind, but which exist independently of the mind.
    • Human beings are able to form ideas that correspond in some way with a real world, outside of themselves. . . . [T]o each necessary relation a:b in human consciousness, there corresponds a relation A:B in the external world.1882, Josiah Royce, “Mind and Reality”, in Mind, volume 7, number 25, page 30

Questions about external worlds

What is external worlds the plural of?
External worlds is the plural of external world.

Words near external worlds in the dictionary

  1. external stimulus
  2. external student
  3. external urethral orifice
  4. external urethral orifices
  5. external world
  6. external worlds
  7. externalisation
  8. externalisations
  9. externalise
  10. externalised
  11. externalises

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