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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Looking within; characterized or effected by introspection; studying or exhibiting one's own consciousness or internal state.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
  • adjective Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

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