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語源

From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect +‎ -ion.

発音

• IPA: /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/
• 韻: -ɛkʃən

名詞

introspection (countable and uncountable, plural introspections)

1. (psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

   Synonyms: self-consciousness, reflection

   Antonym: extraspection

   • 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 133:

     If Adam Wheeler gave it some thought, or if someone were to prompt him with the right questions, he could put words around the fact that his existence doesn't bring him any satisfaction. He would discover, on introspection, that he's nowhere close, actually, to "happy", and that there is something vast and significant missing from his life. But he doesn't give it any thought. There's a void between him and those questions.

2. (object-oriented programming) Clipping of type introspection.

同意語

• inlook

反意語

• dialogue
• extraspection
• extrospection

派生語

関連する語

参考

• soul-searching
• self report

参照

Further reading

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