noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
noun
preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
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- the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
- inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright
noun
the quality or state of being inward or internal
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- the inwardness of the body's organs
noun
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
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- Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch