introspective
UK/ˌɪntɹəˈspɛktɪv/
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Australia/ˌɪntɹəˈspektɪv/
introspective adjective: examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.
Adjective
introspective (comparative more introspective, superlative most introspective)
- Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.
- All of a sudden Syme, who was standing as if blind with introspective thought, swung round and cried out, like a man waking from sleep—1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 264
introspective meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
introspective in Bengali
- অন্তর্মুখী, নিজের চিন্তা, অনুভূতি বিশ্লেষণকারী
introspective in Malayalam
- self-analysing, inward-looking, introverted
- ആത്മപരിശോധന നടത്തുന്ന, അന്തർധ്യായിയായ, അവനവന്റെ ഉള്ളിലേക്കു നോക്കുന്ന, അന്തർമുഖതയുള്ള, അന്തർമുഖനായ, സ്വയം പരിശോധനനടത്തുന്ന
Examples of introspective in a sentence
- The song is sumptuously introspective, but on first impression it's a bit too on the nose.
- Maybe one is more introspective and the other is more outgoing.
- The new wave of digital gardens discuss books and movies, with introspective journal entries; others offer thoughts on philosophy and politics.
Forms of introspective
| comparative | more introspective |
|---|---|
| superlative | most introspective |
Origin of introspective
From Latin intro "inward, within" (see intro-) + Latin specere "look at".
Words formed from introspective
Phrases with introspective
Words that rhyme with introspective
- projective
- subjective
- effective
- objective
- prospective
- reflective
- collective
- connective
- defective
- directive
- respective
- selective
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- injective
- detective
- elective
- irrespective
- perfective
- retrospective
- affective
- bijective
- corrective
- erective
- ineffective
- inflective
- intellective
- intersubjective
- protective
- refective
- advective
- convective
- deflective
- ejective
- imperfective
- infective
- inspective
- overprotective
- rejective
- surjective
- unreflective
- unselective
Questions about introspective
- What does introspective mean?
- Introspective means examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.
- What is introspective in Bengali?
- Introspective in Bengali is অন্তর্মুখী, নিজের চিন্তা, অনুভূতি বিশ্লেষণকারী. See Introspective meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is introspective?
- Introspective is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce introspective?
- Introspective is pronounced /ˌɪntɹəˈspɛktɪv/ (UK).
Words near introspective in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: introspective (page history and authors); Introspective (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); introspective (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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