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Inwardness
see synonyms of inwardnessNoun
1. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example Sentences:'the gist of the prosecutor's argument''the heart and soul of the Republican Party''the nub of the story'
2. inwardness
preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
Example Sentences:'the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness''inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright'
3. inwardness
the quality or state of being inward or internal
Example Sentences:'the inwardness of the body's organs'
4. internality, inwardness
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
Example Sentences:'Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Inwardness
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Inwardness
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