Definition of Soul-searching

1. Noun. A penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives.


Definition of Soul-searching

1. Noun. Probing introspection, a critical consideration of one's conscience especially motives and values. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soul-searching

soughing
soughingly
soughs
sought
sought-after
sought-after(a)
sought after
souk
souklike
soukous
soukouses
souks
soul
soul-crushing
soul-destroying
soul-searching (current term)
soul-stirring
soul brother
soul food
soul kiss
soul kisses
soul mate
soul mates
soul music
soul pain
soul patch
soul patches
soul searching
soul sister
soulcraft

Literary usage of Soul-searching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Little Pilgrimages Among the Women who Have Written Famous Books by Edward Francis Harkins, Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1901)
"St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bernard, and Abelard—where will you find subtler soul-searching than in their writings?" In soul-searching ..."

2. Little Pilgrimages Among the Women who Have Written Famous Books by Edward Francis Harkins, Charles Haven Ladd Johnston (1902)
"St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bernard, and Abelard—where will you find subtler soul-searching than in their writings?" In soul-searching ..."

3. Famous Authors (women) by Edward Francis Harkins (1901)
"St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bernard, and Abelard—where will you find subtler soul-searching than in their writings?" In soul-searching ..."

4. Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development by Jane L. Parpart, Patricia Connelly, Eudine Barriteau (2000)
"This does not mean that the first half of a research report should engage in soul searching (though a little soul searching by researchers now and then ..."

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