Synonyms for inwardness
ˈɪn wərd nɪsin·ward·ness

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1. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

   Antonyms:
   outwardness, externality

2. inwardnessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, kernel, nub, centre, marrow, essence, core, meat, pith, internality, heart and soul, substance

   Antonyms:
   outwardness, externality

3. inwardnessnoun

   the quality or state of being inward or internal

   "the inwardness of the body's organs"

   Synonyms:
   center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, kernel, nub, centre, marrow, essence, core, meat, pith, internality, heart and soul, substance

   Antonyms:
   externality, outwardness

4. inwardness, internalitynoun

   preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)

   "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, meat, core, nub, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, center, centre, kernel, essence, internality, marrow, heart, pith

   Antonyms:
   outwardness, externality

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