内面性
解説 Definition
思考や感情が自分の内面へ向かう性質。文学・哲学などで、深い自己意識や内的生活を指す。
The quality of directing attention toward one’s private thoughts, feelings, or inner life. In literary, philosophical, and artistic discussion, it often refers to deep self-awareness or a strong emphasis on internal experience.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
inward は in「内へ」と -ward「〜の方向へ」から成り、-ness を付けると「内へ向かう性質」になります。単なる shyness「恥ずかしがり」とは異なり、思考や感情が内面に集中する性質を表します。文学なら a character's inwardness、芸術なら a sense of inwardness という形を覚えると使いやすいです。
Build the word in three stages: in points toward the inside, -ward expresses direction, and -ness turns the adjective inward into a noun for a quality or state. The resulting image is attention moving toward a person’s inner world. Inwardness is not merely shyness; it concerns concentration on thoughts, feelings, self-awareness, or private experience. Literature may explore “a character’s inwardness,” while a painting may have “a quiet sense of inwardness.” Connect it with introspection, but remember that introspection is the act of examining oneself, whereas inwardness is the broader quality or orientation toward inner life.
例文
The novel explores the inwardness of its main character.
その小説は主人公の内面性を掘り下げている。
Her paintings have a quiet sense of inwardness.
彼女の絵には静かに内面へ向かう感覚がある。
Years of isolation increased his inwardness.
長年の孤立によって、彼はますます内面にこもるようになった。
inwardness の類義語・関連語
inwardness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
inward「内側へ向かう、内面的な」に、性質や状態を表す接尾辞 -ness を付けた名詞です。inward 自体は古英語 inweard に由来し、in「内へ」と方向を示す -ward から成り立っています。
Inwardness is formed from inward plus the noun-forming suffix -ness, which expresses a quality or state. Inward comes from Old English inweard. Its components correspond to in, meaning movement or position inside, and -ward, indicating direction. The literal idea of being directed toward the inside later supported abstract uses concerning private thought, feeling, consciousness, and the inner life, especially in philosophical and literary contexts.
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