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Definition of Introspection
1. Noun. The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct.
Generic synonyms: Contemplation, Musing, Reflection, Reflexion, Rumination, Thoughtfulness
Specialized synonyms: Self-analysis, Soul-searching, Examen, Examination
Derivative terms: Introspect
Definition of Introspection
1. n. A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.
Definition of Introspection
1. Noun. A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Introspection
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Introspection
1. Looking inward; self-scrutinizing; contemplating one's own mental processes. Origin: intro-+ L. Specto, to look at, inspect (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introspection
Literary usage of Introspection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1912)
"THE THEORY AND LIMITATIONS OF introspection By RAYMOND DODGE, Wesleyan University
I suppose that no reputable scientist would venture to publish any ..."
2. Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism by Ralph Barton Perry (1912)
"THE METHOD OF introspection § 3. It is well known that much the most ... At the
same time, of course, I may introspection be absolutely ignorant of the ..."
3. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt (1912)
"For introspection is supposed to be the means of knowing what contents ...
But once there it is supposed that they may be observed there by introspection. ..."
4. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt, Walter Taylor Marvin, William Pepperell Montague, Ralph Barton Perry, Walter B. Pitkin, Edward Gleason Spaulding (1912)
"For introspection is supposed to be the means of knowing what contents ...
But once there it is supposed that they may be observed there by introspection. ..."
5. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"introspection This is observation by an individual of his own conscious action.
... One very simple instance of introspection is afforded by the study of ..."
6. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Sensations unduly emphasized through introspection. The discussion of activity
as taken up thus far in this chapter has made very few appeals to the ..."
7. The Foundations of Psychology by Jared Sparks Moore (1921)
"distinct organs of knowledge, one in the field of physical things and one in the
field of psychology, the theory that the distinction between introspection ..."
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