Inwardness Meaning

There are 4 meaning(s) for word Inwardness

Meaning 1 : preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)

    Example : Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness

    Synonyms : internality
Meaning 2 : the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

    Synonyms : center,  centre,  core,  essence,  gist,  heart,  heart and soul,  kernel,  marrow,  meat,  nitty-gritty,  nub,  pith,  substance,  sum
Meaning 3 : preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values

    Example : the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness,inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright

Meaning 4 : the quality or state of being inward or internal

    Example : the inwardness of the body's organs

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