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self-analysis

self-analysis

3 5.5
Looking honestly at your thoughts and feelings to understand yourself better
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛlf əˈnælɪsɪs/
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  • Through self-analysis, she discovered her true passions in life.
  • the self-analysis process
  • reflective self-analysis
  • self-analysis and reflection

Examples

  • Efforts to encourage self-analysis in a developing singer may extend beyond technique to encompass musical expression.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Do you feel there is validity in self-analysis as a means of studying leadership?

    Academic text (2000)

  • Despite this, however, we still rely upon self-analysis for many things in corporate life.

    Blog text (4)

  • Would you recommend using only one or two instruments for the self-analysis?

    Academic text (2000)

  • For the singer, self-analysis is equally important, but the steps for improvement may be less visible.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Typically, this form of self-analysis is the result of a graduate class or workshop requirement.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The Division of Student Services launched a comprehensive 7-month self-analysis and planning process in the spring of 2001.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Reflective self-analysis can be a very productive means of professional development.

    Academic text (2006)

  • We are left with the moral self-analysis of a confessed perjurer.

    Academic text (1999)

  • His self-analysis helped him understand why he reacted to stress in certain ways.

Synonyms

soul-searching
vsself-analysis
31 5.3

A deep, honest time of thinking about your feelings and choices

is a general evaluation aimed at understanding motives rather than deciding immediately
introspection
vsself-analysis
18 6.9

Looking carefully at your own thoughts, feelings, and why you do things

is an examination that emphasizes evaluation and understanding rather than mere observation
examination
vsself-analysis
  • Formal
13 5.3

Careful thinking about your actions and feelings, often as a religious practice

is a general personal evaluation of thoughts and motives rather than a religious ritual
self-examination
vsself-analysis
7 4.6

Careful thinking about your thoughts, feelings, and actions to understand yourself

is an act of examining and evaluating thoughts, feelings, and motives
reflexivity
vsself-analysis
  • Formal
1 8.2

The act of thinking about your own actions, thoughts, or role to see how they affect you

is broader personal evaluation of thoughts and motives outside specialized research use
self-contemplation
vsself-analysis
7.9

To think carefully about your own thoughts, feelings, and actions

is more about evaluating and judging feelings to gain clearer personal understanding

How Self-Reflective

self-analysis
3 5.5

Surface Forms

self-analysis singular
self-analyses plural

Morphology

self-analysis = self + analysis (transparent) = self + analysis

Meaning is directly derived from the compound parts 'self' + 'analysis' indicating examination of oneself.

Etymology

Self-analysis comes from self ('yourself') and analysis ('careful study' or 'breaking into parts'). So, self-analysis is studying your own thoughts, feelings, and reasons to understand yourself better.