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 Its inner space is dense with filaments of tubulin and actin, another protein that plays a similar skeletal role. Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner space
Noun
  • So my soul was a little bit crushed to be the one to have to evict her — someone who's kept me safe literally time and time again.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But the sense of the poet that Gogo once was is absent here — and Gogo needs to be a soul worth saving.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stay Active, Stay Connected Ave Maria Town Center is the picturesque heart of the community and was designed to inspire connection and support an active lifestyle.
    Ave Maria Development, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If ingested in large enough quantities, this plant also can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures and death.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Your mind tells you one thing while your intuition says another.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Golf talk was top of mind as guests shared their photos from the tournament and made plans to hit the West Side driving course early the next morning, before catching a helicopter out to the final.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Inner space.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner%20space. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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