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If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
Seamus Heaney

Meaning of "inwardness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INWARDNESS

inwardness  [ˈɪnwədnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INWARDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inwardness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INWARDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inwardness in the English dictionary

The definition of inwardness in the dictionary is the quality of being inward.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INWARDNESS


bewilderedness
bɪˈwɪldədnəs
cankeredness
ˈkæŋkədnəs
centeredness
ˈsɛntədnəs
diseasedness
dɪˈziːzədnəs
disorderedness
dɪsˈɔːdədnəs
downwardness
ˈdaʊnwədnəs
estrangedness
ɪˈstreɪndʒədnəs
favoredness
ˈfeɪvədnəs
frowardness
ˈfrəʊədnəs
laggardness
ˈlæɡədnəs
measuredness
ˈmeʒədnəs
outwardness
ˈaʊtwədnəs
overforwardness
ˌəʊvəˈfɔːwədnəs
retiredness
rɪˈtaɪədnəs
searedness
ˈsɪədnəs
self-assuredness
ˌselfəˈʃʊədnəs
self-centeredness
ˌsɛlfˈsɛntədnəs
self-centredness
ˌsɛlfˈsɛntədnəs
sluggardness
ˈslʌɡədnəs
upwardness
ˈʌpwədnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INWARDNESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE INWARDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of inwardness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inwardness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INWARDNESS

Find out the translation of inwardness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inwardness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inwardness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

interioridad
570 millions of speakers

English

inwardness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंदर की ओर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانطوائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

внутреннее состояние
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interioridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্তরঙ্গতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intériorité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketulusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Innerlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

内面性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

inwardness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ingetane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hướng nội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்முகப்பார்வை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर्मुखता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iç dünya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interiorità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

duchowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

внутрішній стан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interiorizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εσωτερικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

innerlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inwardness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inwardness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inwardness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INWARDNESS»

The term «inwardness» is normally little used and occupies the 109.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INWARDNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inwardness

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QUOTES WITH «INWARDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inwardness.
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Seamus Heaney
If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INWARDNESS»

Discover the use of inwardness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inwardness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Inwardness and Theater in the English Renaissance
This text explores the perceived discrepancy between outward appearance and inward disposition which, it argues, influenced the work of many English Renaissance dramatists and poets.
Katharine Eisaman Maus, 1995
2
Inwardness and Existence: Subjectivity In/and Hegel, ...
Davis roots the reader in the enterprise of questioning what is given and probing beyond what is safe in order to demonstrate that psychoanalytic inquiry, Marxist politics, existential reflection, and dialectical connection all move within ...
Walter Albert Davis, 1989
3
EROS AND INWARDNESS IN VIENNA:
In this probing new study, David Luft recovers the work of three such writers: Otto Weininger, Robert Musil, and Heimito von Doderer.
David S. Luft, 2003
4
The Flight Into Inwardness: An Exposition and Critique of ...
In his more recent works, Herbert Marcuse has come to appreciate the liberatory potential of the aesthetic practice. This book traces the development of that appreciation.
Timothy J. Lukes, 1985
5
Bodies and Selves in Early Modern England: Physiology and ...
Explores the close relationship between inner psychology and bodily processes as represented in English Renaissance poetry.
Michael C. Schoenfeldt, 1999
6
The Table of Inwardness
Calvin Miller describes how prayer, meditation, and obedience can help us shut out the distractions of the world and develop a satisfying fellowship with God.
Calvin Miller, 1984
7
Tudor Autobiography: Listening for Inwardness
In the past such texts have not been called autobiographies because they do not reveal much of the inwardness of their subject, a requisite of most modern autobiographies.
Meredith Anne Skura, 2010
8
Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the ...
In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought: science, religion, and consciousness.
Marilynne Robinson, 2011
9
Inwardness and Morality
We can approach experience in a variety of ways. The approach taken here, to recognize two directions for attention, inward and outward, has proven fruitful. Inwardness has two aspects, separateness, and privacy. These in turn have a variety ...
Eric Wolf Fried, 2005
10
Authority and Inwardness: The Power of Conscience in Early ...
It demonstrates how moral dilemmas or "cases of conscience" operate to shape and revise perceptions about authority and interiority in the literary text.
Wesley R. Kisting, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INWARDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inwardness is used in the context of the following news items.
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LEBANON – IRAN Hope for an end to Mideast wars, from the Iran …
... out leaflets will understand that federalism is a form of inwardness and that those who defend this option have forgotten the Church's mission, ... «AsiaNews.it, Jul 15»
2
Can the next 10 years be better than the last?
... aims because of its indecisiveness and its inwardness. We can allow ourselves to be optimistic if Hillary Clinton is elected president next year ... «Al-Arabiya, Jul 15»
3
Joyce Carol Oates on the Intimate Joy of Reading
And it's the reflectiveness and the spiritual inwardness about reading that appeals to me." joyofreading. Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) is a prolific American author ... «Big Think, Jul 15»
4
BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR AFIELD to Play JACK, 8/13-23
The play is teeming with loudness and grit, harsh images and blunt suffering, yet there is an equal dose of goof, absurdity and inwardness ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
5
Denmark Has Always Bridged Its Political Differences Over Beer, But …
There is a historical reason for this intersection of Danish inwardness and democracy. The country first became a modern democracy only after ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Opera review: A dark and stormy night at SFO's Rigoletto
Verdi's score includes both the parentheses and the exclamation mark — one suggesting inwardness, the other implying extroversion — and ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
7
Renata Adler: writer of the radical middle as cult figure for a new …
The Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney has written of "the crystalline inwardness of Emily Dickinson, all those forked lightnings and fissures ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Review: True Detective Season Two, "Night Finds You"
Kitsch does imbue Paul with a kind of implosive inwardness. This may be rooted in what might be some hints about the reason's behind Paul's ... «True Detective Rumors, Jun 15»
9
Ramadan Is Not a Time for Bloodshed
In a way, Ramadan combines the spirit of Christmas with the inwardness of the Easter season. Indeed, Muslims consider Ramadan to be the ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»
10
Recalling Sarah Charlesworth's Photographs
They're like advertisements for inwardness. In her last years, Ms. Charlesworth taught photography at Princeton. A striking, articulate woman ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

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