inwardness
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Definitions
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
Noun
the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body''s organs"
Noun
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates'' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
Synonyms
center
centre
core
essence
gist
heart
heart and soul
internality
kernel
marrow
meat
nitty-gritty
nub
pith
substance
sum
More General Terms
cognitive content
cognitive state
content
introversion
mental object
position
spatial relation
state of mind
More Specific Terms
bare bones
haecceity
hypostasis
otherworldliness
quiddity
quintessence
spiritism
spiritualism
spirituality
stuff