Related Searches
on Ask.com
introspective - 3 dictionary results
in⋅tro⋅spect
[in-truh-spekt] 
trəˈspɛkt
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.). |
Related forms:
in⋅tro⋅spect⋅a⋅ble, in⋅tro⋅spect⋅i⋅ble, adjective
in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tive, adjective
in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tive⋅ness, noun
in⋅tro⋅spec⋅tor, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To introspective
| in·tro·spect (ĭn'trə-spěkt', ĭn'trə-spěkt') intr.v. in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects To engage in introspection. [Latin intrōspicere, intrōspect-, to look into : intrō-, within; see en in Indo-European roots + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.] in'tro·spec'tive adj., in'tro·spec'tive·ly adv., in'tro·spec'tive·ness n. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Introspective
In`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. introspectif.]1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious. 2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. --J. S. Mill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
