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introspection
Meaning: the examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
introspection in a sentence
How introspection is used in real sentences:
After the long trip alone, she felt a new capacity for introspection about her goals.
The long train ride gave him rare time for introspection about the choices that had led him there.
“For others, the changed forest invited introspection, an examination of why they expected healthy nature always to look green and stable.”
— from the passage The Patient Burn
“After weeks of introspection, during which she questioned both her ambition and her fear of ridicule, she chose a reversible steel framework.”
— from the passage The Open Corner
“Orr's diary reveals prolonged introspection: before endorsing the petition, he examined whether wounded pride, rather than justice, drove his anger.”
— from the passage The Officers' Correspondence
Synonyms for introspection
Other words for introspection — self-reflection, contemplation and soul-searching — carry the same meaning.
- self-reflection
- contemplation
- soul-searching
Where it comes from
From Latin introspicere 'to look within'
Word parts
- intro — into, inside
introspection: intro- (inward) + spect (look) - spec — look at, observe
introspection: intro- (inward) + spec (look) + -tion (act of)
Memory hook
INTRO- means inward, SPECT means look — INTROSPECTION is looking inward.
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