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inwardness

noun
  1. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
    “Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness- H.R.Finch”
    internality
  2. the quality or state of being inward or internal
    “the inwardness of the body's organs”
  3. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
    “the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness”
  4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    substance