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interiority - 3 dictionary results

in⋅te⋅ri⋅or

  [in-teer-ee-er]
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–adjective
1. being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
2. of or pertaining to that which is within; inside: an interior view.
3. situated well inland from the coast or border: the interior towns of a country.
4. of or pertaining to the inland.
5. domestic: interior trade.
6. private or hidden; inner: interior negotiations of the council.
7. pertaining to the mind or soul; mental or spiritual: the interior life.
–noun
8. the internal or inner part; inside.
9. Architecture.
a. the inside part of a building, considered as a whole from the point of view of artistic design or general effect, convenience, etc.
b. a single room or apartment so considered.
10. a pictorial representation of the inside of a room.
11. the inland parts of a region, country, etc.: the Alaskan interior.
12. the domestic affairs of a country as distinguished from its foreign affairs: the Department of the Interior.
13. the inner or inward nature or character of anything.
14. Mathematics. the largest open set contained in a given set, as the points in a circle not including the boundary.
Origin:
1480–90; < L, comp. adj. equiv. to inter- inward + -ior comp. suffix; see exterior

Related forms:
in⋅te⋅ri⋅or⋅i⋅ty  [in-teer-ee-awr-i-tee, -or-] , noun
in⋅te⋅ri⋅or⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
8. See inside.

Antonyms:
1, 8. exterior.
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in·te·ri·or   (ĭn-tîr'ē-ər)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or located on the inside; inner.
  2. Of or relating to one's mental or spiritual being: "She thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it" (David Denby).
  3. Situated away from a coast or border; inland.
n.  
  1. The internal portion or area.
  2. One's mental or spiritual life.
  3. The inland part of a political or geographic entity.
  4. The internal affairs of a country or nation.
  5. A representation of the inside of a building or room, as in a photograph.

[Ultimately Latin, comparative adj. of inter, between; see en in Indo-European roots.]
in·te'ri·or'i·ty (-ôr'ĭ-tē, -ŏr'-) n., in·te'ri·or·ly adv.
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Interiority

In*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. State of being interior.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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