inwardness

Noun

• preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
  • Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness- H.R.Finch
    

• the quality or state of being inward or internal
  • the inwardness of the body's organs
    

• preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
  • the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
    
  • inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  internality , kernel , substance , core , center , centre , essence , gist , heart , heart and soul
• Antonyms: 
  outwardness , externality