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单词 self-examiner
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self-examinern.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻɡˈzamᵻnə/, /ˌsɛlfɛɡˈzamᵻnə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfɪɡˈzæmənər/, /ˌsɛlfɛɡˈzæmənər/
Forms: see self- prefix and examiner n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, examiner n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + examiner n., after self-examination n. Compare earlier self-examining n.
A person who examines himself or herself with regard to conduct, motives, etc., esp. (in earlier use) as a religious duty. Cf. self-examination n. 1.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > self-examination > [noun] > person
self-examiner1639
self-examinant1706
1639 T. Purchas Communicants Duty i. 10 The true examiner is the selfe examiner.
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 16 'Tis the hardest thing in the world to be a good Thinker, without being a strong Self-Examiner.
1784 P. Skelton Appeal Common Sense VI. Ep. p. iv. It includes..five or six short Questions of Self-examination, to be answered only by the Self-examiner.
1822 C. M. Sedgwick New-Eng. Tale xi. 176 He did not, though he was very much of a self-examiner, clearly define all his feelings.
1853 Assoc. Med. Jrnl. 1 July 558/2 Was it [sc. the observance of Sunday] not..acknowledged by the self-examiner to have been of more use to the character, than if the day had been one of amusement?
1944 Times 30 Nov. 5/4 As to beauty the self-examiner may not feel quite so certain.
2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Oct. 13 ‘I'm Your Man’ is an exhaustive biography, an illumination of an artist who has repeatedly said he's not much of a self-examiner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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