introspective
adjCA, UK, US /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛktɪv/ · AU /ˌɪntɹəˈspektɪv/
Etymology From Latin intro "inward, within" (see intro-) + Latin specere "look at".
1
Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.
- All of a sudden Syme, who was standing as if blind with introspective thought, swung round and cried out, like a man waking from sleep—1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 264:
- Derived terms
- introspective sort, nonintrospective, unintrospective
- Related terms
- introspect, introspectability, introspectibility, introspection, introspectional, introspectively, introspectiveness, introspectivity