Inwardness in a sentence as a noun

The "destruction" the author describes is the cause of the inwardness and nearsightedness that makes much of it useless.

Inwardness definitions

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"

See also: kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart

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 quality or state of being inward or internal; "the inwardness of the body's organs"

noun

preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch

See also: internality