inwardness, n.
(inwardnesses)
(inwardnesses)
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
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internality inwardness
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"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
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the quality or state of being inward or internal
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inwardness
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"the inwardness of the body's organs"
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preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
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inwardness
sample sentences
"the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness""inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright"
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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"the gist of the prosecutor's argument""the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"
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