externalism

[ ik-stur-nl-iz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

attention to externals, especially excessive attention to externals, as in religion.

externalism

/ ɪkˈstɜːnəˌlɪzəm /

exaggerated emphasis on outward form, esp in religious worship
a philosophical doctrine holding that only objects that can be perceived by the senses are real; phenomenalism

First recorded in 1855–60; external + -ism

The fallacy of the Socialist program is not in its radicalism, but in its externalism.

Some of these are good enough, but they nearly all culminate in an ambitious externalism.

They tore off the accumulated husks of externalism, but kept intact the real kernel of religion.

"O foolish Galatians," he seems still to be saying, What is it that charms you so much in all this ritual and externalism?

He opposes the law of Pharisaic externalism in the interests of the law of Christian love.

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