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Noun: inwardness inwurdnus- The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- kernel, substance, core, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty - Preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
"the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"; "inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright" - The quality or state of being inward or internal
"the inwardness of the body's organs" - Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness" - internality
Derived forms: inwardnesses See also: inward Type of: cognitive content, cognitive state, content, introversion, mental object, position, spatial relation, state of mind Antonym: outwardness |