Antonyms of noun inwardness

3 of 4 senses of inwardness

Sense 2
inwardness -- (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")
       Antonym of outwardness (Sense 1)
      => outwardness -- (concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit; "what is the origin of the outwardness of our sensations of sound, smell, or taste"; "an abstract conception with feelings of reality and spatial outwardness attached to it")

Sense 3
inwardness -- (the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs")
       Antonym of outwardness (Sense 2)
      => outwardness, externality -- (the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world")

Sense 4
inwardness, internality -- (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch)
       Antonym of outwardness (Sense 3)
      => outwardness -- (a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun inwardness

4 senses of inwardness

Sense 1
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; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story")
       => content, cognitive content, mental object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)

Sense 2
inwardness -- (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")
       => cognitive state, state of mind -- (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Sense 3
inwardness -- (the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs")
       => position, spatial relation -- (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage")

Sense 4
inwardness, internality -- (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch)
       => introversion -- ((psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings)

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