inwardness

noun

1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   noun.cognition

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

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   The sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness.

   Inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. the quality or state of being inward or internal

   noun.attribute

   Examples

   The inwardness of the body's organs.

   Antonyms externality outwardness

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.attribute

   Examples

   Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness.

   Synonyms internality

   Antonyms outwardness

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the <i>inwardness</i> of conduct.

   noun

   Source: webster1913