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Noun: externalism  ik'stur-nul`i-zum
  1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals
     
  2. That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism

Derived forms: externalisms

Encyclopedia: Externalism