1. inwardness - 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"
Synonym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
Hypernym(s): content, cognitive_content, mental_object
2. inwardness - 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"
Hypernym(s): cognitive_state, state_of_mind
Antonym(s): outwardness
3. inwardness - noun
· the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs"
Hypernym(s): position, spatial_relation
Antonym(s): outwardness
4. inwardness - noun
· preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
Synonym(s): internality
Hypernym(s): introversion
Antonym(s): outwardness
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