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INTERNALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
Example:
Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness
Synonyms:
internality; inwardness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("internality" is a kind of...):
introversion ((psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings)
Attribute:
inward (relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "internality"):
otherworldliness; spiritism; spiritualism; spirituality (concern with things of the spirit)