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extraspection

extraspection noun: the act process of extraspecting; the perception of that which is other than one's own internal state.

Noun

extraspection (countable and uncountable, plural extraspections)

  1. The act process of extraspecting; the perception of that which is other than one's own internal state.
    • But whoever is interested in the purpose-striving behavior, the emotional life and the internal states of man and of some higher animals cannot travel the road of extraspection exclusively: he must follow the path of introspection.1957, Adrian C. Moulyn, Structure, function and purpose, page 156
    • In the same way as the alleged mental occurrences of other people are reduced to the description of physical bodies, introspection is reduced by means of imitation to extraspection or autoimitation.1967, Henryk Skolimowski, Polish Analytical Philosophy

Forms of extraspection

pluralextraspections

Origin of extraspection

From extraspect + -ion.

Questions about extraspection

What does extraspection mean?
Extraspection means the act process of extraspecting; the perception of that which is other than one's own internal state.
What part of speech is extraspection?
Extraspection is a noun.
What is the plural of extraspection?
The plural of extraspection is extraspections.

Words near extraspection in the dictionary

  1. extraspecific
  2. extraspecifically
  3. extraspect
  4. extraspected
  5. extraspecting
  6. extraspection
  7. extraspections
  8. extraspective
  9. extraspectral
  10. extraspects
  11. extraspherical

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