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PRONUNCIATION OF INWARD-LOOKING

inward-looking  [ˈɪnwədˌlʊkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INWARD-LOOKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inward-Looking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INWARD-LOOKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inward-looking in the English dictionary

The definition of inward-looking in the dictionary is if you describe a people or society as inward-looking, you mean that they are more interested in themselves than in other people or societies.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INWARD-LOOKING


backward-looking
ˈbækwədˌlʊkɪŋ
booking
ˈbʊkɪŋ
choking
ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ
cooking
ˈkʊkɪŋ
distinguished-looking
dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃtˌlʊkɪŋ
forward-looking
ˌfɔːwədˈlʊkɪŋ
joking
ˈdʒəʊkɪŋ
odd-looking
ˈɒdlʊkɪŋ
old-looking
ˈəʊldˌlʊkɪŋ
onlooking
ˈɒnlʊkɪŋ
outward-looking
ˈaʊtwəd lʊkɪŋ
provoking
prəˈvəʊkɪŋ
queer-looking
ˈkwɪəˌlʊkɪŋ
shabby-looking
ˈʃæbɪˌlʊkɪŋ
shifty-looking
ˈʃɪftɪˌlʊkɪŋ
smoking
ˈsməʊkɪŋ
soaking
ˈsəʊkɪŋ
thought-provoking
ˈθɔːtprəvəʊkɪŋ
Woking
ˈwəʊkɪŋ
young-looking
ˈjʌŋˌlʊkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INWARD-LOOKING

inwall
inward
inward investment
inwardly
inwardness
inwards
inweave
inweaving
inwick
inwind
inwit
inwith
inwork
inworking
inworn
inwove
inwoven
inwrap
inwrapped
inwrapping

WORDS THAT END LIKE INWARD-LOOKING

anti-smoking
antismoking
banking
beard-stroking
block booking
breaking
capacity booking
e-booking
good-looking
half-joking
home cooking
mallemaroking
nice-looking
noncoking
nonsmoking
overbooking
passive smoking
pawnbroking
stockbroking
yoking

Synonyms and antonyms of inward-looking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inward-looking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INWARD-LOOKING

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The translations of inward-looking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inward-looking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

内向型
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

introspectivo
570 millions of speakers

English

inward-looking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवक दिखने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنظر إلى الداخل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вовнутрь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

introspectiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভ্যন্তরস্থ সুদর্শন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

repliée sur elle-
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpandangan jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nach innen gerichtet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

内向きの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

내향
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mlebu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hướng nội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உட்புறம் தேடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आतील दिसणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içe dönük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripiegata su se stessa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapatrzony w siebie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

всередину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

introvertite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εσωστρεφείς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

introspektief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inåtvänd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

innadvendt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inward-looking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INWARD-LOOKING»

The term «inward-looking» is regularly used and occupies the 94.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INWARD-LOOKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inward-looking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INWARD-LOOKING»

Discover the use of inward-looking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inward-looking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Business 4E
At the international level, trade policy of a country may be inward-looking or outward-looking (read also chapter 3). An inward-looking approach advocates that a country should not trade with other nations, whereas an outward-looking strategy ...
Aswathappa, 2010
2
China's Relations with Japan in an Era of Economic ...
A 'type I' country, with a state-dominated economy and an inward- looking orientation, would minimise the development of foreign economic relations. As in most centrally planned economies, there is no inward foreign investment and foreign ...
Dong Dong Zhang, 1998
3
Training Manual on Increasing Capacities in Trade and ...
III. TRADE STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT" The most common classification of trade strategies for development includes two competing strategies: an inward- looking strategy and an outward-looking strategy. The majority of developing ...
‎2001
4
Corporate Reputation and Competitiveness
Within dominance, the first item is inward looking. This is not the same as the human personality factor of introversion. The inward looking company is not shy, reserved, and modest. However it does share one aspect of the human ...
‎2003
5
The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures
The Chinese then did not know much about the outside world, so English was imposed on people with an inward-looking mentality, people who were not eager to learn other tongues. Because the language had to be modified, Chinese pidgin ...
Braj B. Kachru, 1992
6
Economic Liberalisation in India
The scheme of globalisation means the acceptance of outward-looking policy of economic development in place of inward-looking one. The usefulness of Globalisation is vivid from the fact that the detachment with the inward-looking policy ...
‎1995
7
The World Economy in Transition (Routledge Revivals)
development strategy instead of the inward-looking strategy that had been in vogue since the end of the Second World War. By 'inward-looking' is meant a strategy based on import substitution, by 'outward-looking' a strategy based on export ...
Michael Beenstock, 2013
8
The Economic History of Latin America since Independence
By the beginning of the 1950s, and even more so by the end of the Korean War, the Latin American republics were faced with a clear choice: to opt explicitly for an inward-looking model of development that would reduce their vulnerability to ...
Victor Bulmer-Thomas, 2014
9
Midwestern Landscape Architecture
Should it be an outward- or inward-looking policy? An outward- looking policy results from the classical trade theory and comparative cost advantage arguments with the implication that free trade will maximize global output by allowing every ...
William H. Tishler, 2004
10
Power and Restraint: A Shared Vision for the U.S.-China ...
The vertical axis depicts regime type (democracy/nondemocracy), and the horizontal axis depicts the nature of ruling coalitions (internationalizing/inward- looking), yielding four possible ideal-types. Figure 5.1. Regime Type and Domestic ...
Richard Rosecrance, Gu Guoliang, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INWARD-LOOKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inward-looking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bored to Death review – the hipster event horizon | Television …
It's such a strange, affectless, self-absorbed little thing, meticulous in everything it does but so neurotically inward-looking that the title eternally ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
After 6 Years in Jail, the Iranian 'Blogfather' Says Today's Internet …
But, like it or not, it is rapidly resembling TV: linear, passive, programmed and inward-looking. When I log on to Facebook, my personal ... «Global Voices Online, Jul 15»
3
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE | JULY 18, 2015 | The Chronicle Herald
... to the U.S. This failure of diplomacy, if not of common courtesy, bespeaks a shallow inward-looking nationalism that is unacceptable. «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
4
Clear-headed and confident: how Labour should act on the world …
'The left's choice is between an inward-looking 'little England' syndrome, and a globally engaged UK.' Illustration: Nate Kitch. Friday 17 July ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
What it is Like Travel Off the Grid? | .TR
It is famous for its giant moai statues and its inward-looking culture. Easter Island is the world's most isolated populated island. Despite its ... «Tourism Review, Jul 15»
6
The playlist: hip-hop - Future, Despot, Wizkid, Migos and Knxwledge …
Skepta's resurgence has been – up until this point – closely associated with grime's rebirth as a more inward-looking, street-conscious form of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
An Iranian blogger who spent 6 years in prison has a dire warning …
As a result, the internet was profoundly more “linear, passive, programmed and inward-looking,” much like television, he says. Hyperlinks have ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
8
Profiles: Cosmic Neurotic: The Heady Perfectionism of Tame …
On the whole, it's a more heartfelt exercise, incorporating both the measure of Parker's inward-looking examinations, and the pains they may ... «Pitchfork Media, Jul 15»
9
Joyce plans tough talks on Indonesia cattle quota cuts
Despite this, the “far more inward-looking” Widodo Government was determined to press on with self-sufficiency and had limited interest in ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
10
Time BCCI put the game ahead of individuals
The former is a feudal, inward-looking, mutual back-scratching body dedicated to perpetuating its rule. The IPL ought to be a modern, driven ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Inward-Looking [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/inward-looking>. May 2024 ».
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