Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inner-directed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
in-ner-di-rect-ed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more inner-directed (comparative) most inner-directed (superlative)

Questions

What does inner-directed mean?
Tending to follow one's own rules rather than those of society

How to pronounce inner-directed

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