Inwardness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Inwardness has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

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"

kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty

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"

inwardness

the quality or state of being inward or internal

"the inwardness of the body's organs"

inwardness

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

"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"

inwardness internality

The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.

Example Sentences

"the gist of the prosecutor's argument" noun

"the heart and soul of the Republican Party" noun

"the nub of the story" noun

"the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness" noun

"inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright" noun

"the inwardness of the body's organs" noun

"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness" noun