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inwardness definition

inwardness


 
  Grep  of  noun  inwardness 
  inwardness 
 
  Overview  of  noun  inwardness 
 
  The  noun  inwardness  has  4  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  kernel,  substance,  core,  center,  essence,  gist,  heart,  heart  and  soul,  inwardness,  marrow,  meat,  nub,  pith,  sum,  nitty-gritty  --  (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") 
  2.  inwardness  --  (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") 
  3.  inwardness  --  (the  quality  or  state  of  being  inward  or  internal:  "the  inwardness  of  the  body's  organs") 
  4.  inwardness  --  (preoccupation  with  what  concerns  human  inner  nature  (especially  ethical  or  ideological  values):  "Socrates'  inwardness,  integrity,  and  inquisitiveness"-  H.R.Finch) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  inwardness 
 
  The  noun  inwardness  has  4  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  kernel,  substance,  core,  center,  essence,  gist,  heart,  heart  and  soul,  inwardness,  marrow,  meat,  nub,  pith,  sum,  nitty-gritty  --  (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") 
  2.  inwardness  --  (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") 
  3.  inwardness  --  (the  quality  or  state  of  being  inward  or  internal:  "the  inwardness  of  the  body's  organs") 
  4.  inwardness  --  (preoccupation  with  what  concerns  human  inner  nature  (especially  ethical  or  ideological  values):  "Socrates'  inwardness,  integrity,  and  inquisitiveness"-  H.R.Finch) 



inwardness definition