introspection
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introspection (plural introspections)
- 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; self-consciousness; reflection.
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the act or process of self-examination
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- introspection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- introspection in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
