Inwardness (Noun)
Meaning 1
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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- Nitty-gritty
- Center
- Gist
- Substance
- Heart
- Centre
- Meat
- Marrow
- Pith
- Heart And Soul
- Kernel
- Nub
- Sum
- Essence
- Core
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Meaning 2
Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
The quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.