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in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tion

   [in-truh-spek-shuhn]
–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
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Introspectionist

In`tro*spec"tion*ist\, n. (Metaph.) One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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