• inwardnesses is a valid Scrabble word with a point value of 16 according to TWL06 dictionary
• inwardnesses is a valid Words with Friends word with a point value of 18 according to ENABLE dictionary

• preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) (noun)

  Examples

  1. Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness

  Synonyms

  1. internality

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• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. center
  2. centre
  3. core
  4. essence
  5. gist
  6. heart
  7. heart and soul
  8. kernel
  9. marrow
  10. meat
  11. nitty-gritty
  12. nub
  13. pith
  14. substance
  15. sum

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• preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values (noun)

  Examples

  1. the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
  2. inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright

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• the quality or state of being inward or internal (noun)

  Examples

  1. the inwardness of the body's organs

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See definition of inwardnesses in Merriam Webster