noun · countable / uncountable · rare

introspection

introspection · introspections

інтроспекція

самоанализ, самонаблюдение, интроспекция

Innenschau, Introspektion, Selbstbeobachtung, Selbstprüfung

A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection…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.

/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)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.
Innenschau, Introspektion, Selbstbeobachtung
самоана́лизsamoanáliz, самонаблюде́ниеsamonabljudénije, интроспе́кцияintrospékcija
інтроспе́кціяintrospékcija

More definitions

the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct

Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

the act or process of self-examination:

Русский

By meaning 1

the act or process of self-examination:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

the act or process of self-examination:

Origin

From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) ste

From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect + -ion.

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