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introspection — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • insight noun A clear, often sudden, understanding of the true nature of something.
  • introspection noun The act of examining your own thoughts, feelings and motives.

Senses

introspection is used for these senses in English:

  • insight A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
  • introspection (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.

insight — full definition

  1. noun A clear, often sudden, understanding of the true nature of something.
  2. noun A person's awareness of their own condition, especially a mental health condition.

introspection — full definition

  1. noun The act of examining your own thoughts, feelings and motives.
  2. noun In computing, the ability of a program to examine its own structure, types or state while it is running.

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