Antonyms for external

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ik-stur-nl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɜr nl

Definition of external

Origin : early 15c. (implied in externalle), from Middle French externe or directly from Latin externus "outside, outward" (from exterus; see exterior) + -al (1). This version won out over exterial. Related: Externally.

adj outside, extrinsic

Example sentences :

The external things of life seem to me now of no importance at all.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

The essence of truth cannot be affected by the variation of external circumstances.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

There is no more reason to believe in oneself than in the external world.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

Even the refuge in God does not always secure us from external suffering.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.
Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater

These people have no religion expressed by any external worship.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Perhaps it is external events that change, rather than we ourselves.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

The second evil in this external presentation is lack of motivation.
Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey

And so it is with external Nature: she has a body and a soul like man; but her soul is the Deity.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

“The external world,” says the Materialist––“Does not exist,” says the Idealist.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Synonyms for external

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