introspection
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6.9
- noun
- /ˌɪntrəˈspɛkʃən/
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introspección
- In short, even in its polemical moments, it remains an art of privacy and introspection.
- self-introspection
- personal introspection
- critical introspection
I'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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3.7
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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5.3
Careful thinking about your actions and feelings, often as a religious practice
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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 thoughts, feelings, and actions to understand yourself
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5.5
Looking honestly at your thoughts and feelings to understand yourself better
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A focus on your own thoughts and feelings
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8.2
The act of thinking about your own actions, thoughts, or role to see how they affect you
To think carefully about your own thoughts, feelings, and actions
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.