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English to English noun
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |  | Example: the gist of the prosecutor's argument
the heart and soul of the Republican Party
the nub of the story
source: wordnet30
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preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values | | Example: the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright
source: wordnet30
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the quality or state of being inward or internal | | Example: the inwardness of the body's organs
source: wordnet30
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preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values) | | Example: Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness
source: wordnet30
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Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. | | source: webster1913
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