extraspectiveadj.
/ɛkstrəˈspɛktɪv/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having an outward direction
outward1700
extraspective1819
1819 J. G. Lockhart Peter's Lett. to Kinsfolk III. lvi. 25 [Hats without] those lawless curves and twists, prospective, retrospective, introspective and extraspective, from under which the unkempt tresses..may at times be seen ‘streaming like meteors to the troubled air’.
2. = extrospective adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > transfer of feelings > turning outwards > [adjective] > focusing on externals
objective1838
extrospective1909
allocentric1916
extraspective1925
1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place vii. 328 Those situations in which we seem to be in direct cognitive contact with other minds and their states... For want of a better word, let us call them ‘extraspective situations’.
1926 Public Opinion 6 Aug. 132/2 He is of the intro-spective rather than the extra-spective order.
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