interiority
noun
in·te·ri·or·i·ty
(ˌ)in-ˌtir-ē-ˈȯr-ə-tē 
-ˈär-
1
: interior quality or character
2
: inner life or substance : psychological existence
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Stories that burrow into characters’ trains of thought can capture true interiority in a way that film or nonfiction cannot.
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Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
In places, Frey adopts a third-person indirect P.O.V., but his attempts to convey characters’ interiority are unconvincing.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Interior richness is a part of quiet, part of one’s own interiority creating a vernacular that’s not overtly storytelling but is about the unspeakable, the silence, the quiet that Tina Campt and Fred Moten and others speak about.
—Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The story of five sisters in 1970s Michigan who all die by suicide, the film set the stage for Coppola’s gently incisive explorations of female interiority and a recurring collaboration with Dunst.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
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Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
In places, Frey adopts a third-person indirect P.O.V., but his attempts to convey characters’ interiority are unconvincing.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Interior richness is a part of quiet, part of one’s own interiority creating a vernacular that’s not overtly storytelling but is about the unspeakable, the silence, the quiet that Tina Campt and Fred Moten and others speak about.
—Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The story of five sisters in 1970s Michigan who all die by suicide, the film set the stage for Coppola’s gently incisive explorations of female interiority and a recurring collaboration with Dunst.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for interiority
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“Interiority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interiority. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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