interiority

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English interior

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English interiority

From interior + -ity.

Noun

interiority (usually uncountable, plural interiorities)

1. The state or quality of being interior.

   Synonym: interiorness

   1. (of a person) The state or quality of being private.
      • 2007 March 30, Andrea K. Scott, “The Way the World Ends, Vividly Imagined”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

        (For a contemporary counterpart consider the perverse geometry and raw interiority of the painter Carroll Dunham.)