Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inwardness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inwardness \In"ward*ness\, n.
1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the
inwardness of conduct.
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things.
--Dr. H. More.
2. Intimacy; familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. Heartiness; earnestness.
What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling.
--M. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inwardness
n 1: 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" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core},
{center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul},
{marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]
2: 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" [ant: {outwardness}]
3: the quality or state of being inward or internal: "the
inwardness of the body's organs" [ant: {outwardness}]
4: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature
(especially ethical or ideological values): "Socrates'
inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
[ant: {outwardness}]
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