introspection

Meaning

1. (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.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of type introspection.

Opposite of

extraspection

Synonyms

self-examination

contemplation

reflection

self-analysis

self-contemplation

meditation

reconsideration

examine oneself

self-consciousness

enlightenment

soul-searching

soul searching

examination of conscience

reflection on one’s self

introvision

self-questioning

insight

navel-gazing

intuitive vision

Translations

introspection

introspezione

introspección

Introspektion

introspecção

Selbstprüfung

Selbstbeobachtung

introspecció

Innenschau

Selbstbetrachtung

ενδοσκόπηση

Selbstreflexion

innere Betrachtung

innere Einkehr

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/

Etymology

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.