Definition of inwardness Inwardness
in•ward•ness
We found 8 definitions of inwardness from 3 different sources.
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What does inwardness mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: inwardnesses |
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| inwardness - preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch | ||
| internality | ||
| outwardness a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness" | ||
| inward relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections" | ||
| introversion (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings | ||
| inwardness - the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs" | ||
| spatial relation, position the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom | ||
| inwardness - 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" | ||
| cognitive state, state of mind the state of a person's cognitive processes | ||
| inwardness - 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, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | ||
| cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | ||
| bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" | ||
| hypostasis (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | ||
| haecceity, quiddity the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | ||
| quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inwardness (n.)
Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. - inwardness (n.)
Intimacy; familiarity. - inwardness (n.)
Heartiness; earnestness.
Part of speech
🔤- inwardness, noun, singular of inwardnesses.
