INWARDNESS

(noun) preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"
synonyms : internality
(noun) the quality or state of being inward or internal
"the inwardness of the body's organs"
(noun) 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"
(noun) 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"
synonyms : center , centre , core , essence , gist , heart , heart and soul , kernel , marrow , meat , nitty-gritty , nub , pith , substance , sum
We finally understood the pith of his argument. -added by naila_inlas
The marrow of the lawyer's argument was that the defendant had committed the crime and needed to be punished severely. -added by naila_inlas
There's not a kernel of truth in what they say. -added by nithi
the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of the division of that nation along ethnic lines -added by nithi

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