Definition for Introspection:

• A sight of the inside or interior: self- examination.

Synonyms for Introspection:

• n.

  •
  • concentration,
  • assessment,
  • focus,
  • consideration.
  •cognition (noun)
  • self-contemplation.
  •head trip (noun)
  • ego trip.
  •rumination (noun)
  • excogitation.
  •self-examination (noun)
  • brooding,
  • self-questioning.
  •thinking (noun)
  • judgment,
  • idea,
  • reason,
  • opinion.
  •thought (noun)
  • hope,
  • study,
  • discerning,
  • deliberation,
  • knowings,
  • ideation,
  • Apprehending,
  • ideations,
  • deriving,
  • theorizations,
  • cerebration,
  • intuition,
  • seeing,
  • theorization,
  • seeings,
  • cognition,
  • Perceiving,
  • Inferring,
  • concluding,
  • knowing,
  • rationalizing,
  • heed,
  • anticipation,
  • understanding,
  • brainwork,
  • judging,
  • cogitation,
  • Realizing,
  • rationalization,
  • Deducing,
  • Considering,
  • inducing.

• Other synonyms:

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  • self-analysis,
  • soul-searching,
  • reasoning,
  • navel-gazing,
  • forethought,
  • introversion.
  •
  • particularity,
  • rethink,
  • intensity,
  • self-study,
  • gestation,
  • inference.
  •
  • logic.
  •
  • induction,
  • thinking,
  • deduction,
  • thought,
  • calculation,
  • caution.

Paraphrases for Introspection:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    self-reflection.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    reflection.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    soul-searching, self-examination, remorse, insight.

Introspection Sentence Examples:

• Just so far as a man obeys higher laws as a matter of course, and uses every mistake to enable him to know the laws better, is morbid introspection out of the question with him.

• Such introspection bored me and did me little good, for it only made me think more of myself and less of the Master; but I wanted to review the past fortnight, and look the future in the face.

Hypernym for Introspection:

• n.

  • cognition
    examination, examen, soul-searching, self-analysis.

Hyponym for Introspection:

• n.

  • cognition
    reflexion, rumination, reflection, thoughtfulness, contemplation, musing.