Associations to the word «Inwardness»

INWARDNESS, noun. The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.

INWARDNESS, noun. (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.

INWARDNESS, noun. (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity

INWARDNESS, noun. (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness

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".

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".

INWARDNESS, noun. The quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs".

INWARDNESS, noun. Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch.