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- noun The
observation of thingsexternal to one's ownmind , as opposed tointrospection . Ordinary senseperception orreasoning concerning the thingsperceived .
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Examples
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Though I held no academic degree, I had created my own college curriculum through years of study, extrospection, and hard-knock experiences both on the streets of hell and in San Quentin.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Though I held no academic degree, I had created my own college curriculum through years of study, extrospection, and hard-knock experiences both on the streets of hell and in San Quentin.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Though I held no academic degree, I had created my own college curriculum through years of study, extrospection, and hard-knock experiences both on the streets of hell and in San Quentin.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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Though I held no academic degree, I had created my own college curriculum through years of study, extrospection, and hard-knock experiences both on the streets of hell and in San Quentin.
Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007
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We shall then consider the two great directions of interest, introspection and extrospection, and those whose lives are characterized by one or the other direction.
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While we have dealt here with the extremes of extrospection and introspection, it is safe to say that in the vast majority of people there is a definite and unassailable interest in both of these directions.
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These two words introspection and extrospection admirably convey the difference in the manner of thinking between those who from preference look, and those who from preference reflect.
The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Alfred Binet 1884
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Psychology, it has also been said, has as its instrument introspection, while the natural sciences work with the eye, the touch, the ear -- that is to say, with the senses of extrospection.
The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Alfred Binet 1884
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All these examples show that the clearly defined characteristics into which it is sought to divide extrospection and introspection do not exist.
The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Alfred Binet 1884
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Although Deza's considerations are often characterized by theoretical detachment and extrospection, the subjects are too personal for the narration to feel like a mere apparatus of thought orbiting amid associations.
SFGate: Top News Stories Mauro Javier Cardenas 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word extrospection
JM spends far too much time on extrospection.
May 9, 2011