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inner-directed

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


ADJECTIVE
introspective
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST






Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

The story, claustrophobically set in the parish grounds of a Roman Catholic church in the Bronx and inner-directed in its drama, lacks classic qualities of opera, typically the most extroverted of forms.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2013

Day-Lewis has always suggested an actor in isolation, not just because of his fondness for remaining in character throughout the filming process but because he seems so inner-directed, debating not the other actors but himself.

From Time • Nov. 8, 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

Full of mumbo-jumbo about "inner-directed" and "outer-directed" personalities.

From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert