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outwardlooking

outwardlooking is the alternative form of outward-looking.

Meaning of outward-looking

Adjective

outward-looking (comparative more outward-looking, superlative most outward-looking)

  1. Looking towards or thinking about other people, places, or things, rather than towards or about oneself.
    • The essence of the outward-looking developing strategy was to make use of the nation's comparative advantage in labor-intensive manufactured goods.1988, Regional Seminar on Licensing and Other Technology Transfer Arrangements

Forms of outwardlooking

comparativemore outwardlooking
superlativemost outwardlooking

Words formed from outwardlooking

Questions about outwardlooking

What is outwardlooking the alternative form of?
Outwardlooking is the alternative form of outward-looking.

Words near outwardlooking in the dictionary

  1. outward
  2. outward-looking
  3. outward-lookingness
  4. outwarded
  5. outwarding
  6. outwardlooking
  7. outwardlookingness
  8. outwardly
  9. outwardmost
  10. outwardness
  11. outwardnesses

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