inner space

as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions an intensely private individual, he treats his inner space as sacred ground that is off-limits to other people

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Recent Examples of inner space But revolving doors are necessary only when walls stand between the inner space and the outside world. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025 The results will find favor with folk music fans, modern guitar rebels, and inner space explorers alike. Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025 These cells were not existing placidly side by side; their inner spaces were linked, more like rooms in a house than detached dwellings. Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025 Sitting in meditation, lost in ecstatic dance, or fasting and praying for days, these explorers of inner space received profound insights into our nature and our relationship to the rest of reality. Big Think, 13 Dec. 2024 Said more simply, outer space is boring, slow, simple, weak, risky, and poor by comparison to our ever-accelerating inner space frontier. Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024 Even the deep grief and despair over the death of a loved one brings a visceral connection to some mysterious inner space. Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025 But revolving doors are necessary only when walls stand between the inner space and the outside world. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025 The results will find favor with folk music fans, modern guitar rebels, and inner space explorers alike. Joe Gross, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner space
Noun
  • You are being offered so much energy and opportunity to let your soul express itself and radiate like a star.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 13 July 2025
  • Simmons considered Ragsdale the heart and soul of her camp, both spiritual leader and educator.
    Frank Morris, NPR, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Over time, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and lead to serious complications affecting the eyes, heart, kidneys, and feet.1 1.
    Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 15 July 2025
  • Coates was now entering a terminal stage: his heart and kidneys were failing, and fluid had to be drained from his belly several times a week.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, Kremlin insiders suspect that the 50-day window before any new US sanctions hit is plenty of time for their military push in Ukraine to pay off – or, failing that, for a notoriously changeable President Trump to change his mind on Russia once again.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • First, keep in mind that AGI and ASI will have been data trained by the vast stores of human writing.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025

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“Inner space.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20space. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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