Main entry: internality, inwardness
Definition: preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
Usage: Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness- H.R.Finch
Main entry: inwardness
Definition: the quality or state of being inward or internal
Usage: the inwardness of the body's organs
Main entry: inwardness
Definition: preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
Usage: the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness; inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright
Main entry: gist, heart, heart and soul, nub, nitty-gritty, essence, core, centre, center, pith, meat, inwardness, kernel, marrow, substance, sum
Definition: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Usage: the gist of the prosecutor's argument; the heart and soul of the Republican Party; the nub of the story