1. (noun) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Synonyms: affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle
Antonyms: outwardness, externality
2. (noun) inwardness
preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
Synonyms: center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, kernel, nub, centre, marrow, essence, core, meat, pith, internality, heart and soul, substance
Antonyms: outwardness, externality
3. (noun) inwardness
the quality or state of being inward or internal
Synonyms: center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, kernel, nub, centre, marrow, essence, core, meat, pith, internality, heart and soul, substance
Antonyms: externality, outwardness
4. (noun) inwardness, internality
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
Synonyms: nitty-gritty, meat, core, nub, inwardness, sum, gist, heart and soul, substance, center, centre, kernel, essence, internality, marrow, heart, pith
Antonyms: outwardness, externality
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