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Added 11 October 2026

introspection

/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/ noun

Latin root: intrōspectiō Wiktionary

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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.
Clipping of type introspection.

Origin

From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect + -ion.

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