interiority.

1. The inner experience of thought and feeling, especially as represented in a person or a work of literature.

2. The condition or character of occupying the inside of a physical whole rather than its exterior.

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Words that belong together

• narrative interiority
• psychological interiority

On the page

The passage created interiority through remembered sensations rather than explanatory commentary.

The narrator’s interiority remained vivid even when her public behavior was restrained.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: uncommon.