Synonyms for introspection
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-truh-spek-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn trəˈspɛk ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for introspection
Définition of introspection
Origin :- 1670s, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin introspicere "to look into, look at," from intro- "inward" (see intro-) + specere "to look at" (see scope (n.1)).
- noun self-analysis
- Let us proceed at once to test our conclusion by introspection.
- Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
- We begin with introspection and the eternities, and end in blood and iron.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I » by John Morley
- Perhaps it was his innate feeling, his deep sense of introspection.
- Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
- The great Thunderer had, as it were, gone into a condition of introspection.
- Extract from : « In the Track of the Troops » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The criticism of introspection has been in the main the work of American psychologists.
- Extract from : « The Analysis of Mind » by Bertrand Russell
- So far as I can judge by introspection, this does occur in practice.
- Extract from : « The Analysis of Mind » by Bertrand Russell
- She was slow, given to introspection, thoughtful, and not very strong.
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- He despised Alice for the brutal veracity of her introspection.
- Extract from : « The Narrow House » by Evelyn Scott
- This tendency sprang primarily no doubt from his own introspection.
- Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
- Such moments of introspection were few and far between, it is true.
- Extract from : « The Terms of Surrender » by Louis Tracy
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