externality
noun/ˌekstɜːˈnæləti/
/ˌekstɜːrˈnæləti/
- [countable] (economics) a consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other people or things without this being reflected in market prices
- Pollution is a negative externality that imposes a cost—reduced happiness—on the victims.
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- [uncountable] (philosophy) the fact of existing outside the person or thing that is aware of it
- man’s externality to an indifferent natural world
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