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発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛktɪv/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˌɪntɹəˈspektɪv/
• 韻: -ɛktɪv

形容詞

introspective (comparative more introspective, superlative most introspective)

1. Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.
   • 1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 264:

     All of a sudden Syme, who was standing as if blind with introspective thought, swung round and cried out, like a man waking from sleep—

派生語

• introspective sort

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参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “introspective”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “introspective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.