introspection
/ɪntrə(ʊ)ˈspɛkʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The examination or observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes: quiet introspection can be extremely valuable...
- Establish a comfort zone with the child before you ask for quiet observation or introspection.
- From the internal viewpoint of introspection, mental reality is composed of sensations and images.
- The problem is that men tend to heal in private, through introspection and quiet thinking.
Synonyms
brooding, self-analysis, soul-searching, heart-searching, introversion, self-observation, self-absorption;
contemplation, thoughtfulness, pensiveness, thought, thinking, musing, rumination, meditation, pondering, reflection, cogitation
informal navel-gazing
Rhymes
- pleural
- pleural cavity
- pleuranthous
- pleurapophysis
- pleurecbolic
- pleurembolic
- pleuric
- pleurisy
- pleurisy root
- pleurite
- pleuritic
- pleuritis
- pleuro-
- pleurobranch
- pleurobranchia
- pleurobranchiate
- pleurocarpous
- pleurocentral
- pleurocentrum
- pleurocerebral
- Pleurococcus
- pleurocoel
- pleuroconch
- pleurodesis
- pleurodiran