Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Contemplation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations; self-examination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of looking inward; a view of the inside or interior; specifically, the act of directly observing the states and processes of one's own mind; examination of one's own thoughts or feelings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of
self-examination , orinspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; thecognition which the mind has of its own acts and states;self-consciousness ;reflection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
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Examples
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Instead, Shaftesbury assumes that the language in which we conduct our introspection is always public.
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To open oneself up to that introspection is almost the first step to a true religiosity, where you can be honest with yourself and humble in the way I think you have to be in order to be truly religious.
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To open oneself up to that introspection is almost the first step to a true religiosity, where you can be honest with yourself and humble in the way I think you have to be in order to be truly religious.
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I agree with Urstoff - introspection is a pretty weak argument.
Testing the Freedom to Choose, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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On the other hand, I have much less faith in introspection than Caplan and the Austrians, despite some of my other Austrian leanings.
Beyond the Pale, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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To open oneself up to that introspection is almost the first step to a true religiosity, where you can be honest with yourself and humble in the way I think you have to be in order to be truly religious.
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(Of course, my introspection is fallible - if I can find some good data, I'll followup with a few simple statistical tests).
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Of course, “Semi-Pro” was helmed by Kent Alterman, producer of such comedy classics as “Balls of Fury” and “Mr. Woodcock,” and written by Scot “School for Scoundrels” Armstrong, so such introspection is understandably shallow … even by mainstream Hollywood standards.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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They are unpracticed in introspection, and therefore badly equipped to deal with opponents whom they cannot shoot like big game or outdo in daring … The hard-boiled are compensated for their silence: they fly planes or fight bulls or catch tarpon, whereas I rarely leave my room.
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They are unpracticed in introspection, and therefore badly equipped to deal with opponents whom they cannot shoot like big game or outdo in daring … The hard-boiled are compensated for their silence: they fly planes or fight bulls or catch tarpon, whereas I rarely leave my room.
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