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inner-directed

[in-er-di-rek-tid, -dahy-] / ˈɪn ər dɪˈrɛk tɪd, -daɪ- /


ADJECTIVE
introspective
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST






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The inner-directed aesthetic concerns a queen’s personal identity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

In the book, Eureka Factor, researcher John Kounios shares the importance of inner-directed attention:

From Time • Aug. 27, 2015

The song cycle is inner-directed, as if Mr. Paterson, Mr. Berkowitz and Ms. Meeds could read his mind as he stood on the plate.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2012

Grant is the ultimate other-directed figure, who wants to be loved rather than esteemed, while Firth is inner-directed and looks back to a much older, more grounded tradition.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2010

It ought to please you that society still has a use for you outre inner-directed types.

From The Creature from Cleveland Depths by Leiber, Fritz




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