introspection

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

introspection (countable and uncountable, plural introspections)

1. (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

   Synonyms: self-consciousness, reflection

   Antonym: extraspection

2. (object-oriented programming) Clipping of type introspection.

Synonyms

• inlook

Antonyms

• dialogue
• extraspection
• extrospection

Derived terms

• introspectional
• introspectionist
• introspection illusion

Related terms

• extraspection
• extrospection
• introspective
• introspect
• introspectability
• type introspection

Translations

the act or process of self-examination

• Azerbaijani: daxili müşahidə
• Bulgarian: самонаблюдение n (samonabljudenie)
• Catalan: introspecció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內省／内省 (zh) (nèixǐng), 內觀／内观 (zh) (nèiguān)

• Czech: introspekce f
• Esperanto: introspekto
• Finnish: itsetutkiskelu, introspektio (fi)
• German: Innenschau (de) f, Introspektion (de) f, Selbstbeobachtung f, Selbstprüfung f, Selbstwahrnehmung f (psychology)
• Greek: ενδοσκόπηση (el) f (endoskópisi)
• Hindi: अंतर्निरीक्षण (antarnirīkṣaṇ)
• Indonesian: wawas diri (id), introspeksi (id), refleksi diri
• Japanese: 内観 (ja) (ないかん, naikan)
• Kannada: ಅಂತರವಲೋಕನ (antaravalōkana)
• Kazakh: өзін-өзі бақылау (özın-özı baqylau), өзін-өзі байқау (özın-özı baiqau)
• Lithuanian: savistaba f
• Polish: autoanaliza (pl) f, samoanaliza f, introspekcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: introspecção (pt) f (Brazil), introspeção f (Portugal)
• Russian: самоана́лиз (ru) m (samoanáliz), самонаблюде́ние (ru) n (samonabljudénije), интроспе́кция (ru) f (introspékcija)
• Serbo-Croatian: introspèkcija (sh) f, samoópažānje (sh) n, samoposmatranje n
• Spanish: introspección (es)
• Swedish: introspektion (sv) c, själviakttagelse c
• Turkish: iç gözlem, içe bakış (tr), introspeksiyon (psychology)
• Ukrainian: інтроспе́кція f (introspékcija)

See also

• soul-searching
• self report

Further reading

• “introspection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “introspection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

introspection f (plural introspections)

1. introspection

Further reading

• “introspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.