introspection
/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Clipping of type introspection.
Etymology / origin
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.
- intrōspectiō(la)→
- introspection (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- introspecció(Catalan) (bor)
- introspekcja(Polish) (bor)
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