Definition of INTROSPECTION

introspection

Plural: introspections

Noun

  • the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
  • A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
  • Clipping of type introspection.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect + -ion.

Synonyms

self-contemplation, self-examination, inlook, reflection, self-consciousness

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