inwardness

n.

1. Intimacy; familiarity.
2. Preoccupation with one's own thoughts or feelings; introspection.
3. The intrinsic or indispensable properties of something; essence.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  Synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

Meaning #2: preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
  Antonym: outwardness (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: the quality or state of being inward or internal
  Antonym: outwardness (meaning #2)

Meaning #4: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
  Antonym: outwardness (meaning #3)

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - indad, i ens indre

Français (French)
adv. - vers l'intérieur, en dedans, à l'arrivée, sur soi-même

Deutsch (German)
adv. - einwärts, nach innen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - προς τα μέσα

Italiano (Italian)
verso l'interno

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - para dentro, para o interior, para o centro
n. - entranhas (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
внутренне

Español (Spanish)
adv. - para dentro, hacia dentro

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - inåt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
向内, 向家里, 向中心, 向国内

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 向內, 向家裡, 向中心, 向國內

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 내부로, 정신적으로, 마음속에서

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 中へ, 心の中へ, 内部へ

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮כלפי פנים‬

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