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in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tion

  [in-truh-spek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
2. the tendency or disposition to do this.
3. sympathetic introspection.
Origin:
1670–80; < L intrōspect(us), ptp. of intrōspicere to look within (equiv. to intrō- intro- + spec(ere) to look + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ion

Related forms:
in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tion⋅al, adjective
in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tion⋅ist, noun, adjective

Synonyms:
1. self-examination, soul-searching.
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in·tro·spec·tion   (ĭn'trə-spěk'shən)   
n.  Contemplation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations; self-examination.
in'tro·spec'tion·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

introspection 
1677, from L. introspectionem, from introspectus, pp. of introspicere "to look into, look at," from intro- "inward" + specere "to look at" (see scope (1)). Introspective is from 1820.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tro·spec·tion
Pronunciation: -'spek-sh&n
Function: noun
: an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings —in·tro·spec·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&n-&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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introspection in·tro·spec·tion (ĭn'trə-spěk'shən)
n.
Contemplation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations; self-examination.

in'tro·spect' v.
in'tro·spec'tion·al adj.
in'tro·spec'tive (-tĭv) adj.

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