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introspectiveness

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Etymology

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From introspective +‎ -ness.

Noun

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introspectiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being introspective.
    • 1972, Triumph - Volume 7, page 33:
      Born the most sensitive of children into an unhappy family that misreared and misschooled him, Rilke recoiled into introspectiveness and dilletante[sic] aestheticism, and long remained there; the world, or outwardness, was what had hurt him, was the enemy.

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