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
  • One such soul was Madeline Buol (1902–1986), a devout Catholic and beauty shop owner living in Dubuque, IA, right across the Mississippi River from Dickeyville.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • See, what’s not on the Niagara Falls/Buffalo brochure is that Buffalo’s got a whole lotta soul.
    Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The festival’s heart lies in the Cour d’honneur of the Palais des Papes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and its original stage.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Potential symptoms include insomnia, muscle cramps, constipation, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, weakness, numbness, tingling, personality changes and heart arrhythmias, experts say.
    Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Adaptation keeps you top of mind when budgets tighten.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Making pictures is what our minds do naturally with the fragments of our experience.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025

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“Inner space.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20space. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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