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Definition of Self-contemplation
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-contemplation
Literary usage of Self-contemplation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1872)
"Hence it follows that the actual existence of an Ego is grounded upon an absolute
fact of immediate self-contemplation, namely, the self-contemplation of ..."
2. Parochial Sermons by John Henry Newman (1836)
"self-contemplation. HEBREWS xii. 2. Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher
of our faith. SURELY it is our duty ever to look off ourselves, ..."
3. Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by Ernst Alfred Christian von Stockmar (1873)
"... reflections and self-contemplation—Review of his past life — His charity—Death—The
Monument erected to him by his royal friends—The result of his ..."
4. Writings of Rev. William Bradford Homer: Late Pastor of the Congregational by William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park (1849)
"HABITS OF self-contemplation. There is so little of outward adventure in the life
of a student, that he forms the habit of turning his eye inward. ..."
5. Writings of Rev. William Bradford Homer: Late Pastor of the Congregational by William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park (1842)
"HABITS OF self-contemplation. There is so little of outward adventure in the life
of a student, that he forms the habit of turning his eye inward. ..."
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