Onlook
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Onlook is a noun meaning The act of looking on (something); observation.
Meaning
The act of looking on (something); observation.
More Meanings
- That which is looked at, regarded, or considered.
- (intransitive) To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard.
- (rare) One's perspective or outlook.
Example Sentences
The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical.
So they two fought for so long a time that those who onlooked were astonished at the strength and the courage and the endurance of those two champions, […]
This onlook is certainly foundational to Christianity. […] Religious belief is the conviction (or hope) that one's onlook conforms to an authoritative onlook, a divine onlook.
Word Forms
- onlooks
- on-look
- onlooking
- onlooked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include looking, view, aspection, look, aspect, speculation.
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