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
- noun A clear, often sudden, understanding of the true nature of something.
- noun A person's awareness of their own condition, especially a mental health condition.
introspection — full definition
- noun The act of examining your own thoughts, feelings and motives.
- noun In computing, the ability of a program to examine its own structure, types or state while it is running.