inwardness

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Martin Luther’s personal spiritual struggles brought St. Paul’s inwardness to its fullest expression; after Luther, Mr. Persico writes, “God no longer resided in the heavens, but in the human heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The inwardness of McCorkle’s Omar has an overwhelming gravity.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2022

The DeCarava images introduce sections of the show in which the definition of “Black melancholia” expands in several directions, all encompassing various modes of subjectivity, inwardness.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

The book liberated and celebrated the experience of inwardness amid the American obsession with outward “likability” and charismatic confidence.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Obinze, with his air of calm and inwardness, made it even more intriguing.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie