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externality

/ɛkstɚˈnælɪti/

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What does externality mean?

noun

  1. The state of being external or externalized.
  2. A thing that is external relative to something else.
  3. An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.

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/ɛkstɚˈnælɪti/

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Such periods may embody in their literatures a large amount of thought,--thought which is conversant with the externality of things; but that of itself will not constitute a noble literature, however perfect the forms in which it may be embodied, and the general sense of the civilized world, independently of any theories of literature, will not regard such a literature as noble.
Robert Browning; Hiram CorsonAn Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's PoetryProject Gutenberg ebook #260