Definitions for introspection

introspection in·tro·spec·tion

Spelling: [in-truh-spek-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɪn trəˈspɛk ʃən/

Introspection is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 1423 anagrams from letters in introspection (ceiinnooprstt).

Definitions for introspection

noun

  1. observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
  2. the tendency or disposition to do this.
  3. sympathetic introspection.

Origin of introspection

1670-80; Latin intrōspect(us), past participle of intrōspicere to look within (equivalent to intrō- intro- + spec(ere) to look + -tus past participle suffix) +

Examples for introspection

A salty pragmatism runs throughout, and only a modicum of introspection is encouraged.

Perhaps it was his innate feeling, his deep sense of introspection.

The most startling thing about Babbitt today is not its satire but the haunting, if brief, moments of introspection.

The criticism of introspection has been in the main the work of American psychologists.

Let us proceed at once to test our conclusion by introspection.

Still, some introspection on the part of Hillel International might be worthwhile.

introspection is majorly in order, as you address certain excesses and make strides to temper them.

introspection might be your bag, or you might prefer to be a spectator.

The great Thunderer had, as it were, gone into a condition of introspection.

We begin with introspection and the eternities, and end in blood and iron.

Word Value for introspection
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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