INTROSPECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does introspective mean? 

• INTROSPECTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective INTROSPECTIVE has 1 sense:

1. given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

  Familiarity information: INTROSPECTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTROSPECTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

Synonyms:

introspective; introverted; self-examining

Attribute:

introspectiveness (thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings)

Antonym:

extrospective (not introspective; examining what is outside yourself)

Derivation:

introspect (reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings)

introspectiveness (thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings)

 Context examples 

His eyes, which were of a peculiarly light, watery grey, seemed to always retain that far-away, introspective look which I had only observed in Sherlock’s when he was exerting his full powers.

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

He picked it up and gazed at it in the peculiar introspective fashion which was characteristic of him.

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

A very different Holmes, this active, alert man, from the introspective and pallid dreamer of Baker Street.

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

Billee’s one fault was his excessive good nature, while Joe was the very opposite, sour and introspective, with a perpetual snarl and a malignant eye.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I remember that during our short visit we found the vicar garrulous, but his lodger strangely reticent, a sad-faced, introspective man, sitting with averted eyes, brooding apparently upon his own affairs.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then he stood before the fire and looked me over in his singular introspective fashion.

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

It is introspective, and I want to introspect.

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