inwardness
英 ['ɪnwədnɪs]
美['ɪnwɚdnəs]
- n. 本质；灵性；亲密
英英释意
- 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"
- 2. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values;
- "the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"
- "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"
- 3. the quality or state of being inward or internal;
- "the inwardness of the body's organs"
- 4. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values);
- "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch