inwardness

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inwardness Definition

• (n) 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"
• (n) preoccupation especially with one''s attitudes and ethical or ideological values; "the sensitiveness of James''s characters, their seeming inwardness"; "Socrates'' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"
• (n) the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body''s organs"
• (n) preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates'' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch

inwardness Synonyms

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