Inwardness
[inwәdnis]
Definition
(noun.) preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); 'Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness'- H.R.Finch.
(noun.) the quality or state of being inward or internal; 'the inwardness of the body's organs'.
(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'.
Editor: Stacy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.
(n.) Intimacy; familiarity.
(n.) Heartiness; earnestness.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- But once I attempt to give that inwardness expression, I must use the only weapons I have--abstractions, theories, phrases. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Whether his imagination is fibrous enough to catch the inwardness of the mutterings of our age is something experience alone can show. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably--that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors is to know ourselves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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