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SOUL-SEARCHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soul-searching mean?
• SOUL-SEARCHING (noun)
The noun SOUL-SEARCHING has 1 sense:
1. a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
Familiarity information: SOUL-SEARCHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
self-analysis; soul-searching
Hypernyms ("soul-searching" is a kind of...):
introspection; self-contemplation; self-examination (the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct)
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