inwardness

1. n. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. Source: opted

2. n. Intimacy; familiarity. Source: opted

3. n. Heartiness; earnestness. Source: opted

4. n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience Source: wordnet

5. n. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values Source: wordnet

6. n. the quality or state of being inward or internal Source: wordnet

7. n. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. n:100 n. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values n. the quality or state of being inward or internal n. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) Source: ecdict

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