inwardness

Examples

• All

• According to Buddhist doctrine, happiness and salvation are the products of inwardness and are not dependent upon transitory exterior phenomena.

  Academic text (1992)

• Within it, particularity, individuality, and uniqueness are defined in terms of the conflict-riddled inwardness, rather than in terms of any transcendent, universal criterion of oneness.

  Academic text (1990)

• "Too many years of inwardness!" he used to say.

  Fiction book (2001)

• And the more that went on, the more inwardness developed because these, these instincts were hemmed in.

• But I think what should worry us most is our own inwardness, our gradual withdrawal from the rest of society.

  Academic text (1994)

• The novel's modern individual demonstrates inwardness and secularity.

  Academic text (1995)

• "Americans have no inwardness of their own; they look inward only by looking backward.

  Academic text (1990)

• As amusing as Carroll is in "The White Knight's Song," the poem continually betrays his own intense fear of inwardness, a fear that Wordsworth continues, even in the present, to provoke.

  Academic text (1990)

• Through moments of quiet reflection, he discovered a profound sense of inwardness that changed his perspective on life.

• The artist's work invites the viewer to explore the inwardness of the human experience and the emotions it evokes.

Synonyms

I

introspection

vsinwardness

18 6.9

Looking carefully at your own thoughts, feelings, and why you do things

is a broad ongoing focus on inner life rather than a single examining act

S

self-awareness

vsinwardness

15 4.2

To know your own character, feelings, and reasons

is more about general inner focus rather than clear self knowledge

S

self-examination

vsinwardness

7 4.6

Careful thinking about your thoughts, feelings, and actions to understand yourself

is a general inward focus rather than a structured self-review activity

I

introversion

vsinwardness

2 6.9

A person tends to focus on inner thoughts and feel reserved around others

is an inward focus idea rather than a stable personality trait

I

interiority

vsinwardness

• Literature

1 9.1

Private thoughts and feelings that a person has

is used more as a lived inward focus rather than a specific process

I

inner man

vsinwardness

1 8.3

Private feelings and the soul or moral side inside a person

is a secular inner focus on thoughts feelings and personal values

I

inness

vsinwardness

• Literature

9.9

A person's inner feelings and private thoughts

is the more general term for ongoing inner focus rather than a label

I

internality

vsinwardness

• Specialized

9.9

A strong focus on your own inner thoughts, feelings, and values

is a wider inward attention not limited to moral or ideological focus

I

introspectiveness

vsinwardness

8.5

Thinking carefully about your own thoughts and feelings

is a broader inner attention rather than only the habit of self review

Antonyms

O

outwardness

7.1

Paying attention to what you can see and to material things rather than inner thoughts

How Introspective

self-absorption

4 8.1

introspection

18 6.9

inwardness

1 7.9

reflection

119 3.7

thoughtfulness

2 3.8

outwardness

7.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology