introspection
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- noun
- /ˌɪntrəˈspɛkʃən/
- In short, even in its polemical moments, it remains an art of privacy and introspection.
- self-introspection
- personal introspection
- critical introspection
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Watch on YouTubeI've done so much introspection that I couldn't do anything.
- I've done so much introspection that I couldn't do anything.
- You know you're going to do isolation, introspection and really focus on you.
- That's through therapy, through introspection, through conversations.
- And we we really didn't do a societal inspection or introspection on what that meant.
- Again, they come from things like compassion for introspection, and introspection, for my experience, is not verbal.
- Now with any challenging time, there comes a lot of introspection, growth, changes in your life.
- She is plagued by self doubt, anxiety, and deep introspection.
- Listen, I'm thinking, when do we do the most introspection?
- But either way, WHO is going to be going through a period of years of introspection and reorganization?
- For me, where I'm going with this is the ability to have that introspection and narrate it.
- And there is, you know, for two narcissists, the lack of introspection.
- So that is as that's an inevitable outcome of not doing the introspection.
- This is essential and we have to make time and space for the continual introspection as we engage in service with others.
- Those lives require periods of introspection that our routines often don't allow for.
- I think the Democrats and the left are too much are are the the kings of introspection.
- The way at which we currently achieve meaning is through perception rather than introspection.
- Like all that alone time, which which I'm very thankful for, really helped with the introspection.
Examples
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Taking time for introspection allowed her to understand her emotions better.
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The Egyptian turmoil should lead to greater introspection at the State Department.
Academic text (2011) -
Alone time and quiet introspection can really help.
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Now with any challenging time, there comes a lot of introspection, growth, changes in your life.
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And I think it takes a lot of introspection and and internal work to be able to first of all, recognize that in yourself.
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Today is a day of profound introspection.
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It takes some introspection to understand what do I want?
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This is essential and we have to make time and space for the continual introspection as we engage in service with others.
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And I think the thing that that TK is talking about is this kind of like self introspection, self discovery.
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In other words, he was experiencing the true beginning of introspection in his life.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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Careful thought before making a decision
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5.3
A deep, honest time of thinking about your feelings and choices
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4.8
Thinking about something very carefully for a long time
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4.5
Finding out who you are, your feelings, and why you do things
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Careful thinking about your actions and feelings, often as a religious practice
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Careful thinking about your thoughts, feelings, and actions to understand yourself
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Looking honestly at your thoughts and feelings to understand yourself better
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The act of thinking about your own actions, thoughts, or role to see how they affect you
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A focus on your own thoughts and feelings
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To think carefully about your own thoughts, feelings, and actions
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Deep, quiet thinking or a short thoughtful essay
Antonyms
How Reflective
Surface Forms
Morphology
introspection = introspect (transparent) = introspect + ion
Clear nominalization from the verb 'introspect' by adding the productive suffix '-ion'.
Etymology
Introspection comes from the parts intro- 'in' and spect 'to look', the same root you see in inspect. So introspection is like 'looking inside' your own mind to check your thoughts and feelings.