'Introspection' definitions:
Definition of 'introspection'
(from WordNet)
noun
The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct [syn: introspection, self-contemplation, self- examination]
Definition of 'Introspection'
From: GCIDE
- Introspection \In`tro*spec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. introspection.] A view of the inside or interior; 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; self-consciousness; reflection. [1913 Webster]
- I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]