introspection
nounUK /ˌɪn.trəˈspek.ʃən/
US /ˌɪn.trəˈspek.ʃən/
The act of looking inside your own mind to think about your thoughts and feelings.
After the argument, she spent some time in quiet introspection to understand why she had gotten so upset.
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2. The careful examination of one's own ideas, motives, or behavior.
His introspection revealed that jealousy, not anger, was driving his reactions.
3. In psychology, the observation and reporting of one's own mental states and processes.
Early psychologists used introspection as a method to study conscious experience.
4. A looking inward; a turning of attention toward the self.
The poem is a long introspection on memory and loss.