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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
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 ..."