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the contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings- She is not inclined towards introspection.
introspection = contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings
- She encouraged both of them to be introspective about how their own assumptions and attitudes might contribute to the conflict.
- The place lends itself to spirituality and introspection.
- This contradiction is lost on him, though; as a dog, introspection is not one of his strong points.Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
- He was introspective and brooding when he entered the room.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- Yet, after a bout of self-introspection, I realized that though I resented him for treating me the way he did, I also felt worried for Derek.Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
- ROS: A compulsion towards philosophical introspection is his chief characteristic, if I may put it like that.Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- I did not read to anyone this evening; I could not, for poetic introspection would bring me to tears.Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook
- Mostly she's quiet and introspective these days.Melody Carlson -- Becoming Me
- A period of introspection, a space of retrospection, then a mixture of both.Zora Neale Hurston -- Sweat
- Charles Halloway, citizen, father, introspective husband, nightwanderer, and janitor of the town library.Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Introspection would be easy as a dual-edged sword.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- Introspection is the more usual word to express the analytic self-searching so common in these days.Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- I was very unaccustomed to introspective, confessional silences any time during the day, but Iwas especially suspicious of morning quiet.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- But I see I am becoming unduly introspective, and in a rather morose sort of way at that.Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- In part, she thought that the break in Oak Creek Canyon had given her too much time for introspection.Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
- Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.Eudora Welty -- One Writer's Beginnings
- Mother was not an introspective person, King, but she faded away after the Orkneys had killed father and Lamorak.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- Miriam had not much to do, so she found time for her beloved reading, and for writing little introspective pieces which interested her.D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
- Her habit of resolutely facing the facts, in her rare moments of introspection, did not now allow her to put any false gloss on the situation.Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth
introspective = thoughtful about one's own thoughts and feelings
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
introspection = contemplation of one's own thoughts and feelings
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
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