Antonyms of noun outwardness
3 senses 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")
Antonym 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")
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")
Antonym of inwardness (Sense 3)
=> inwardness -- (the quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs")
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")
Antonym of inwardness (Sense 4)
=> inwardness, internality -- (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun outwardness
3 senses 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")
=> cognitive state, state of mind -- (the state of a person's cognitive processes)
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")
=> 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 3
outwardness -- (a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness")
=> extraversion, extroversion -- ((psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self)