Associations to the word «Introspection»

Wiktionary

INTROSPECTION, noun. (programming) (object-oriented) Short for type introspection.
INTROSPECTION, noun. (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; self-consciousness; reflection.

Dictionary definition

INTROSPECTION, noun. The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats