Introspection
/ˌɪntrəˈspekʃn/noun
The act of examining your own thoughts or feelings.
Introspection may help you understand your own emotions better.
Often appears as...
- deep introspection
- daily introspection
noun
In psychology, the process of directly looking at one's own mental and emotional processes.
The psychologist encouraged the client to engage in introspection to better understand their thoughts and emotions.
Often appears as...
- psychological introspection
- introspection method
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Academic
noun
The act of examining your own thoughts or feelings.
Introspection may help you understand your own emotions better.
Often appears as...
- deep introspection
- daily introspection
noun
In psychology, the process of directly looking at one's own mental and emotional processes.
The psychologist encouraged the client to engage in introspection to better understand their thoughts and emotions.
Often appears as...
- psychological introspection
- introspection method
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Self-reflection Moment
Use 'introspection' for moments when someone quietly thinks about their feelings or behavior.
After the argument, he took a moment for introspection.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Growth
'Introspection' implies a personal, internal process often leading to self-improvement.
Jane's introspection helped her overcome her fears.
Pro Tip 3/3Thoughts Over Actions
'Introspection' focuses on thoughts and feelings, not on actions or external events.
He practiced introspection to understand his jealousy.
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
They listened to him, prayed with him, helped him question himself. And sent him on a journey of introspection and betterment. He finally faced the hatred that had defined his life.
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Let's raise kids to be...
photos teach them how to do that kind of stuff and make money then the money they get fifty percent goes in their house account fifty percent goes in their toy account my kids love this stuff some of the entrepreneurial traits you go to nurturing kids attainment tenacity leadership introspection interdependence values all these traits you can find in young kids and you can help nurture them
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Reel Talk Ep. 1: Opening...
sometimes the opposite applies but we've always made money with the boat we've never had a non-productive year is there like an element of introspection where you look at yourself and say okay what am I doing wrong what can I do differently is it my personality is it my decision-making is that my boat is it my equipment you look at everything when
Video examples
Jackson Katz: Violence...
This is one of the ways that dominant systems maintain and reproduce themselves, which is to say the dominant group is rarely challenged to even think about its dominance, because that's one of the key characteristics of power and privilege, the ability to go unexamined, lacking introspection, in fact being rendered invisible, in large measure,
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How to be your best self...
it's these pockets of control that give us back our sense of agency and that's really critical so so these conversations are very high on the Maslow pyramid how do we who have the privilege to have these conversations support those who are out working on the front lines who don't have the luxury of taking time for introspection that's
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Cameron Herold: Let's...
attainment, tenacity, leadership, introspection, interdependence, values. All these traits, you can find in young kids, and you can help nurture them. Look for that kind of stuff. There's two traits I want you to also look out for that we don't get out of their system.
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Nora Flanagan: What...
and tree-climbing and introspection and the value of a little bit of boredom. We might not want this to last, but we can learn from it. We can keep parents engaged, beyond bake sales. We can take this time and ask parents what they and their kids need.
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To listen is to live PIPE...
society or tendency to make us escape loneliness but more critically could our reliance on digital devices mean that we're limiting those moments of silence where in sight an introspection are born the birthplace of innovation if you want
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Your words may predict...
And this tells us actually what is the essence of the problem. We need to find the emergence of a concept that's never said. The word introspection does not appear a single time in the books we want to analyze.
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How you can use impostor...
There's a lot of goodness, I think, in those feelings. And this isn't some sort of motivational-poster type talk, a "Begin it now." It's more of an introspection into my own experiences of impostor syndrome,
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
They listened to him, prayed with him, helped him question himself. And sent him on a journey of introspection and betterment. He finally faced the hatred that had defined his life.
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Paul Heyman
American Producer
Usually, people that I like to work with are people that I believe in more than they believe in themselves, and they just need that extra boost and the person to give them a little more time and understanding and introspection into their own character to find that box office that lives inside of them.
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Amala Paul
Indian Actress
I went through a phase of deep introspection. I realised that while doing films back to back, I was getting burnt out and not concentrating on quality. I wasn't preparing for my role and was working like a machine. When I saw the result on the big screen, I felt that the work I'd done was horrible.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
Passion is something that's hard to discover purely through introspection. You have to have experiences - you have to learn real-time and through experiences what makes you tick.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
Once I found professional happiness, it gave me time to think about other areas in my life in which I wasn't happy. The next obvious candidate for introspection was my marriage.
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Noah Centineo
American Actor
If I can inspire one spark of awareness or get a spark of introspection or reflection about someone else's life, that's a beautiful thing, in my opinion.
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Louis van Gaal
Dutch Athlete
The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable of introspection and evaluate yourself.
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Leroy Chiao
American Astronaut
I don't think anyone flies into space without some form of fundamental introspection about what life is about.
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William Godwin
English Writer
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
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Jacques Verges
French Lawyer
It is good for society to have this introspection.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
A writer needs a life of introspection.
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Paul Heyman
American Producer
Usually, people that I like to work with are people that I believe in more than they believe in themselves, and they just need that extra boost and the person to give them a little more time and understanding and introspection into their own character to find that box office that lives inside of them.
Quote examples
Amala Paul
Indian Actress
I went through a phase of deep introspection. I realised that while doing films back to back, I was getting burnt out and not concentrating on quality. I wasn't preparing for my role and was working like a machine. When I saw the result on the big screen, I felt that the work I'd done was horrible.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
Passion is something that's hard to discover purely through introspection. You have to have experiences - you have to learn real-time and through experiences what makes you tick.
Quote examples
Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
Once I found professional happiness, it gave me time to think about other areas in my life in which I wasn't happy. The next obvious candidate for introspection was my marriage.
Quote examples
Noah Centineo
American Actor
If I can inspire one spark of awareness or get a spark of introspection or reflection about someone else's life, that's a beautiful thing, in my opinion.
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Louis van Gaal
Dutch Athlete
The most important thing about a person is that you know who you are and what you want. You should be capable of introspection and evaluate yourself.
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Leroy Chiao
American Astronaut
I don't think anyone flies into space without some form of fundamental introspection about what life is about.
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
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Jacques Verges
French Lawyer
It is good for society to have this introspection.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
A writer needs a life of introspection.
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