Noun has 4 senses

• inwardness(n = noun.cognition) center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum - 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"



• inwardness(n = noun.cognition) - preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values; "inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright"; "the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"

Antonym: outwardness
Derived form adjective inward₁

• inwardness(n = noun.attribute) - the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs"

Antonym: outwardness
Derived form adjective inward₂

• inwardness(n = noun.attribute) internality - preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"



Antonym: outwardness
Derived form adjective inward₁