Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An independent methodical attempt to study and comprehend one's own personality, emotions, and behavior.
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- noun Analysis performed on oneself,
introspection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality
- noun a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
Etymologies
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Examples
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He exists under a constant pressure cooker of self-analysis and public appraisal.
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The idea coming together after my seeing/reading stacks of his sketchbooks one winter, delighting in their richness of line, their sense of story, self-analysis, perception … everything down-on-paper as you see it, in the artists own words and images ..
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It was obvious that Birbiglia was taking in whatever reactions he could from the crowd, and performing a form of self-analysis while still engaging the audience with the next joke or part of the story.
Danny Groner: Seeing Comedy Get Made, and Made Better Danny Groner 2011
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It was obvious that Birbiglia was taking in whatever reactions he could from the crowd, and performing a form of self-analysis while still engaging the audience with the next joke or part of the story.
Danny Groner: Seeing Comedy Get Made, and Made Better Danny Groner 2011
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It was obvious that Birbiglia was taking in whatever reactions he could from the crowd, and performing a form of self-analysis while still engaging the audience with the next joke or part of the story.
Danny Groner: Seeing Comedy Get Made, and Made Better Danny Groner 2011
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How phony it is for the news media to engage in seemingly honorable self-analysis: "Did we overhype the storm?"
David Ropeik: Hurricane Hype? Yes. Overreaction? Nonsense! David Ropeik 2011
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How phony it is for the news media to engage in seemingly honorable self-analysis: "Did we overhype the storm?"
David Ropeik: Hurricane Hype? Yes. Overreaction? Nonsense! David Ropeik 2011
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How phony it is for the news media to engage in seemingly honorable self-analysis: "Did we overhype the storm?"
David Ropeik: Hurricane Hype? Yes. Overreaction? Nonsense! David Ropeik 2011
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How phony it is for the news media to engage in seemingly honorable self-analysis: "Did we overhype the storm?"
David Ropeik: Hurricane Hype? Yes. Overreaction? Nonsense! David Ropeik 2011
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It was obvious that Birbiglia was taking in whatever reactions he could from the crowd, and performing a form of self-analysis while still engaging the audience with the next joke or part of the story.
Danny Groner: Seeing Comedy Get Made, and Made Better Danny Groner 2011
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