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Definition of "introspect" [in•tro•spect]

  • To engage in introspection. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "introspect" in a sentence
  • "Dretske (2003) endorses a radical version of it: that we cannot introspect anything about a perceptual experience, if "introspect" has its usual meaning of internally attending to the experience."
  • "Is it painful to introspect at such a tender, vulnerable level?"
  • "Now she was lost in her own thoughts, about to introspect like a son of a bitch."