13 February 2017

introspection

[in-truh-spek-shuh n]

noun

1. observation or examination of one’s own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
2. the tendency or disposition to do this.
3. sympathetic introspection.

Origin of introspection

Latin

1670-1680; < Latin intrōspect (us), past participle of intrōspicere to look within (equivalent to intrō- intro- + spec (ere) to look + -tus past participle suffix) + -ion

Related forms

introspectional, adjective
introspectionist, noun, adjective

Synonyms

1. self-examination, soul-searching.

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Contemporary Examples

A salty pragmatism runs throughout, and only a modicum of introspection is encouraged.
Advice From the Oldest Americans
Casey Schwartz
October 28, 2011

Still, some introspection on the part of Hillel International might be worthwhile.
Swarthmore Hillel Breaks From Guidelines Over Ban on ‘Anti-Zionist’ Speakers
Elisheva Goldberg
December 9, 2013

But I really do believe that it can be a time when Republicans engage in an appropriate level of introspection.
Rightward, Ho!
Ana Marie Cox
November 17, 2008

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Today’s quote

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

– Reinhold Niebuhr

On this day

13 February 1915 – birth of General Aung San, founder of modern day Burma and Burmese Army. Father of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient.

13 February 1920 – the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland is recognised by the League of Nations (predecessor of the United Nations).

13 – 15 February 1945 – the bombing of Dresden in which 722 British and 527 USAF aircraft drop more than 3,900 tons of explosives on Dresden, Germany. At the time, Nazi Germany claimed more than 300,000 casualties, however, an official report in 2010 claimed that casualties were around 25,000, historians generally number the casualties between 35,000 and 135,000. Because of the number of refugees in the city, it is unlikely the exact figure will ever be known.

13 February 2008 – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to Australia’s indigenous peoples, particularly those of the stolen generation from whom children were forcibly removed from their parents.