interiority
noun
in·te·ri·or·i·ty
(ˌ)in-ˌtir-ē-ˈȯr-ə-tē 
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1
: interior quality or character
2
: inner life or substance : psychological existence
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However, there’s little by way of interiority of character, insight into the inner workings of a creative genius, or critique—e.g. why did women always leave Pagnol?—leading us to believe that the adult Pagnol could be petty and yet some sort of paragon.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Virginia Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness style and the group’s interest in psychology and Freudian theory reflect this focus on interiority.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
She is suspended in a field of turquoise paint, her skin tone a pewter-gray grisaille, which removes her from our realm and gives her an almost alien interiority and agency.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
What’s more interesting is how Murderbot slowly comes to understand itself, something that happens entirely through narrative interiority in the books and which the TV series can only skim the surface of through Skarsgård’s frequent voiceover.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Virginia Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness style and the group’s interest in psychology and Freudian theory reflect this focus on interiority.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
She is suspended in a field of turquoise paint, her skin tone a pewter-gray grisaille, which removes her from our realm and gives her an almost alien interiority and agency.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
What’s more interesting is how Murderbot slowly comes to understand itself, something that happens entirely through narrative interiority in the books and which the TV series can only skim the surface of through Skarsgård’s frequent voiceover.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 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 4 Jun. 2025.
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