introspection
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introspection (countable and uncountable, plural introspections)
- (psychology) 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
- Synonyms: self-consciousness, reflection
- Antonym: extraspection
- (object-oriented programming) Clipping of type introspection.
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the act or process of self-examination
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Further reading[edit]
- “introspection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “introspection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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introspection f (plural introspections)
Further reading[edit]
- “introspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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