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inwardness

[ in-werd-nis ]

noun

  1. the state of being inward or internal:

    the inwardness of the body's organs.

  2. depth of thought or feeling; concern with one's own affairs and oneself; introspection.
  3. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature; spirituality.
  4. the fundamental or intrinsic character of something; essence.
  5. inner meaning or significance.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of inwardness1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; inward, -ness
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Misunderstood and racially tormented in Catholic school, he found refuge in inwardness.

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Herman Melville in particular — one of the “great explorers of inwardness, mystery and the inexplicable†— became a companion spirit, traveling some of the same paths as Iyer.

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It explores the tension between the inwardness of Romantic philosophy and the ethical or political aspirations of its practitioners, nearly all of whom supported the French Revolution.

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The DeCarava images introduce sections of the show in which the definition of “Black melancholia†expands in several directions, all encompassing various modes of subjectivity, inwardness.

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The dynamism Rooster embodies — particularly compared to the inwardness of the film characters you’ve been playing lately — was that hard to conjure up again?

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