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inner-directed

[in-er-di-rek-tid, -dahy-]
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adjective
  1. guided by internalized values rather than external pressures.
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Compare other-directed.

Origin of inner-directed

First recorded in 1945–50
Related formsin·ner-di·rec·tion, noun
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Related Words

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Historical Examples

  • Full of mumbo-jumbo about "inner-directed" and "outer-directed" personalities.

    This Crowded Earth

    Robert Bloch

British Dictionary definitions for inner-directed

inner-directed

adjective
  1. guided by one's own conscience and values rather than external pressures to conformCompare other-directed
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Derived Formsinner-direction, noun
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