different between righteousness vs outness

English

Etymology

From Middle English rightwisnes, from Old English rihtw?snes (“justice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?t???sn?s/

Noun

righteousness (countable and uncountable, plural righteousnesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous.
2. (uncountable, theology) Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.

   Synonyms: rectitude, uprightness, holiness, godliness, equity, justice, rightfulness, integrity, honesty, faithfulness

3. (countable) A righteous act, or righteous quality.

   • All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.

4. The act or conduct of one who is righteous.

   • Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth rightness at all times.

5. (theology) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.
   • 1594-7, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, A Discourse, Section 21

     There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues.

   • 1646-7, Westminster Shorter Catechism, Q.33

     Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

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English

Etymology 1

Possibly coined by George Berkeley for his 1709 Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision

Noun

outness (usually uncountable, plural outnesses)

1. (philosophy) The collective of things that are distinct from the observer.
2. (philosophy) The property of being distinct.

Synonyms

• (property): otherness, externality, (rare) outwardness

Etymology 2

Popularised by Lynne Pearlman in her 1989 thesis Theorizing Lesbian Oppression and the Politics of Outness in the Case of Waterman v. National Life Assurance

Noun

outness (uncountable)

1. The extent to which someone, particularly a lesbian, is open about her sexuality.

Anagrams

• tonuses