inwardness
Quality of introspection
Inwardness is the quality of being internal, private, or directed toward the self.
It suggests introspection or spiritual depth: The novel captures the inwardness of adolescent experience.
Someone with inwardness possesses rich inner life.
The word can also mean intimate familiarity with a subject: She spoke with the inwardness of someone who had lived through it.
Fundamental nature of something
- soulInnermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- identityWho someone is
- coreCentral essential portion
psyche · being · consciousness · ego · interiority · subjectivity · individuality · authenticity
Examining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
self-scrutiny · self-inquiry · self-discovery · self-analysis · self-observation · self-questioning · meditation · rumination
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- concealmentAct of hiding something
hiddenness · reserve · discretion · confidentiality · shelteredness · quietude · isolation · reclusiveness
Inclined to deep thought
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- inner-peacePsychological harmony within oneself
- centeringPositioning at midpoint
prayerfulness · transcendence · sacred · stillness · reverence · monasticism · asceticism · recollection
Intellectual or emotional depth
- complexityState of being complicated
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- intricacyState of elaborate complexity
obscurity · opacity · mysteriousness · enigma · fathomlessness · hiddenness · unfathomability · esoteric
essence
Fundamental nature of something
core · psyche · being · consciousness · ego · interiority · subjectivity · individuality · authenticity · self-identity
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
soul-searching · self-scrutiny · self-inquiry · self-discovery · self-analysis · self-observation · self-questioning · meditation · rumination · mindfulness
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- solitudeState of being alone
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
concealment · hiddenness · reserve · discretion · confidentiality · shelteredness · quietude · isolation · reclusiveness · privateness
contemplative
Inclined to deep thought
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- inner-peacePsychological harmony within oneself
centering · prayerfulness · transcendence · sacred · stillness · reverence · monasticism · asceticism · recollection · quietism
profundity
Intellectual or emotional depth
- complexityState of being complicated
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
intricacy · obscurity · opacity · mysteriousness · enigma · fathomlessness · hiddenness · unfathomability · esoteric · inscrutability
- contemplationcontemplation, meditation, reflection, pondering, musing
- introversionsolitude, alone time, isolation, loner, withdrawal
- existentialismexistence, authenticity, existential angst, existential crisis, angst
- inner selfself, soul, psyche, inner being, true self
- insularityisland, isolation, seclusion, separateness, remoteness
- KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard, leap of faith, angst, subjectivity, existential dread
inwardnessoutwardness
Quality of being external
externality · exterior · surface · periphery · outside
inwardnessextroversion
Outward-focused temperament
extraversion · outgoingness · gregariousness · sociability · worldliness
inwardnessworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
superficiality · shallowness · externalism · materialism · outward show
inward, introverted, inwardly, inwards, introspection, introversion, introspective, introspections, introversions