INTROSPECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does introspect mean? 

• INTROSPECT (verb)
  The verb INTROSPECT has 1 sense:

1. reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings

  Familiarity information: INTROSPECT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTROSPECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they introspect    ... he / she / it introspects   
Past simple: introspected   
Past participle: introspected   
-ing form: introspecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "introspect" is one way to...):

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

introspection (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)

introspective (given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences)

 Context examples 

It is introspective, and I want to introspect.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)