inwardness
n . 本质,深意;灵性;思想的深度,诚挚
本质,深意;灵性;思想的深度,诚挚
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 " [
synonym : {
kernel }, {
substance }, {
core },
{
center }, {
centre }, {
essence }, {
gist }, {
heart }, {
heart and soul }, {
inwardness }, {
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 "; "
inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has ,
painlessly ,
as a birthright " [
ant :
{
outwardness }]
3 :
the quality or state of being inward or internal ; "
the inwardness of the body '
s organs " [
ant : {
externality },
{
outwardness }]
4 :
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (
especially ethical or ideological values ); "
Socrates '
inwardness ,
integrity ,
and inquisitiveness "-
H .
R .
Finch [
synonym :
{
inwardness }, {
internality }] [
ant : {
outwardness }]
Inwardness \
In "
ward *
ness \,
n .
1 .
Internal or true state ;
essential nature ;
as ,
the inwardness of conduct .
[
1913 Webster ]
Sense can not arrive to the inwardness Of things . --
Dr .
H .
More .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Intimacy ;
familiarity . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Heartiness ;
earnestness .
[
1913 Webster ]
What was wanted was more inwardness ,
more feeling .
--
M .
Arnold .
[
1913 Webster ]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "
inwardness ":
depth ,
essentiality ,
experience ,
familiarity ,
fundamentality ,
immanence ,
inbeing ,
indigenousness ,
indwelling ,
inherence ,
innateness ,
innerness ,
inness ,
interiority ,
internality ,
internalization ,
intimacy ,
intrinsicality ,
introversion ,
nonobjectivity ,
subjectivity
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